276 美国可能数月内退出反弹道导弹协议

 

US May Be Within Months of ABM Breach¹

Alex Belida

Pentagon

31 Jul 2001 19:54 UTC

 

The Bush administration may be within months of 1)breaching the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. So says a Pentagon group reviewing the administration's missile defense² plans.

Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral Craig Quigley says the 2)compliance³ group's findings are very 3)tentative and subject to further government review.

But Admiral Quigley tells reporters the findings presented Monday to Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz do indicate 4)potential conflicts with the ABM treaty. "They found some instances where there is at least a question in the review group's mind as to whether or not the proposed activity would remain in compliance with the treaty, he said."

The spokesman 5)declines to discuss specifics about which proposed missile defense activities, including tests, could run afoul of the ABM pact⁴. But he says the tentative findings could 6)conceivably lead to alterations⁵ in test activities.

The Bush administration has said it wants to develop effective missile defenses to protect the United States from possible attack by 7)rogue states, such as Iraq or North Korea.

But the ABM Treaty, signed with the former Soviet⁶ Union, 8)restricts missile defense activities. The Bush administration has said it will 9)withdraw from the agreement if it cannot 10)negotiate a new arrangement with Russia that would permit further missile defense development.

The Pentagon is planning an ambitious test schedule for the missile defense program in the months ahead. Officials also intend to begin construction shortly on new test 11)facilities in Alaska for one of the antimissile systems under study - one in which ground-based 12)interceptors are launched to destroy incoming long-range missiles.

 

 

(1)      breach[bri:tF]n.违背, 破坏, 破裂, 裂口vt.打破, 突破

(2)      compliance[kEm5plaIEns]n.依从, 顺从

(3)      tentative[5tentEtIv]n.试验, 假设adj.试验性的, 试探的, 尝试的, 暂定的

(4)      potential[pE5tenF(E)l]adj.潜在的, 可能的n.潜能, 潜力, 电压

(5)      decline[dI5klaIn]vi.下倾, 下降, 下垂v.拒绝, 衰落

(6)      conceivably adv.令人信服地

(7)      rogue[rEJ^]n.流氓, 无赖vt.欺诈vi.流浪, 耍无赖

(8)      restrict[rI5strIkt]vt.限制, 约束, 限定

(9)      withdraw from v.退出, 离开

(10)      negotiate[nI5^EJFIeIt]v.(与某人)商议, 谈判, 磋商

(11)      facility[fE5sIlItI]n.容易, 简易, 灵巧, 熟练, 便利

(12)      interceptor[IntE5septE(r)]n.拦截机

 

 

1 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

2 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。

3 compliance   

n.顺从；服从；附和；屈从

参考例句：

• I was surprised by his compliance with these terms.我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
• She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire.她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。

4 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

5 alterations   

n.改动( alteration的名词复数 )；更改；变化；改变

参考例句：

• Any alterations should be written in neatly to the left side. 改动部分应书写清晰，插在正文的左侧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code. 基因突变是指DNA 密码的改变。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。