英闻天下——189 US: DPRK's Nuclear Test Will be "Mistake"

 　　U.S. envoy¹ Glyn Davies is calling on North Korea not to carry out a nuclear test.

 

　　The call comes immediately following North Korea's vow² to carry out as well as aim the tests at the US.

 

　　"Whether they will test it or not, we hope they don't, we call on them not to do it. It will be highly provocative³. It will set back the course of trying to find a solution to these long-standing problems that have prevented the peninsula from becoming reunited."

 

　　Davies is currently in Seoul to discuss follow-up actions on the expanded UN sanctions over North Korea's December satellite launch.

 

　　Both the US and South Korea saw it as a disguised ballistic missile test and claimed a nuclear test was to follow.

 

　　North Korea, however has defended its right to launch a satellite for peaceful and scientific purposes.

 

　　According to their state run KRT, the National Defense⁴ Commission has now promised a third nuclear test.

 

　　"We are not disguising the fact that the various satellites and long-range rockets that we will fire and the high-level nuclear test we will carry out are targeted at the United States."

 

　　The first and second tests were done back in 2006 and 2009, although no time frame has been given for this latest one.

 

　　The nuclear test statement also comes just a day after the North Korean foreign ministry⁵ declared an end to the six-party talks which had been stalled since 2008.

1 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

2 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

3 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。