美国:中国阻止印度加入核供应国集团

 　　Outlier’ China preventing India’s entry into Nuclear Suppliers Group, says US

　　美国：中国阻止印度加入核供应国集团

　　WASHINGTON: The outgoing Obama administration has lashed¹ out at China for blocking India+ from becoming a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group and has described the Communist giant as an “outlier” in America’s efforts to bring New Delhi on board the elite² grouping.

　　奥巴马政府抨击中国阻挠印度成为核供应国集团成员，将这个共产巨人形容为在美国致力于让新德里加入这一精英集团的过程中的“局外人”。

　　“Clearly there is one outlier that needs to be addressed and that is China,” said Nisha Desai Biswal, assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia.

　　“显然，有一个局外人要解决，那就是中国。”

　　The US statement comes a week ahead of the Obama administration passing on the baton³ to the Trump⁴ administration .

　　美国的这一声明适逢奥巴马当局将把政权交给特朗普当局的一周前。

1 lashed   

adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
• The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

3 baton   

n.乐队用指挥杖

参考例句：

• With the baton the conductor was beating time.乐队指挥用指挥棒打拍子。
• The conductor waved his baton,and the band started up.指挥挥动指挥棒，乐队开始演奏起来。

4 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。