軍事
二千零二年七月
reduce nuclear weapons 裁減核武
二千零二年三月
announce a 17.6 per cent rise in defence spending to speed up modernisation
of the military 宣布增加軍費百分之十七點六,以加快軍備現代化進程(135)
have chemical and biological weapons stockpiles 有生化武器庫存(135)
orchestrating a daring incursion into Kashmir 策劃一次大膽的侵入行動,侵略喀什米爾(135)
practicing admirable restraint by not retaliating directly against Pakistan
高度克制,沒有直接向巴基斯坦報復,令人欽佩(135)
tanks rained shells on his office building 坦克車向阿拉法官邸發炮無數(135)
vowed to become a martyr for the Palestinian cause 誓要成為巴勒斯坦的烈士(135)
二千零二年二月
Taiwan has renewed its request to buy 30 advanced combat helicopters from the United States to boost its defences against the mainland. 台灣重新向美國提出購買三十部戰鬥直升機,以加強軍事實力抗衡中國。(135)
二千零二年一月
encampment 營地(135)
cantonment 軍營(135)
was pocked with craters 滿布彈坑(135)
volunteering for the jihad 自願參與聖戰
platoon leader 排長(135)
child soldiers 童兵(135)
inducts no soldiers younger than 18 years old 沒有徵召未滿十八歲的士兵(135)
trench 壕溝(135)
are steeped in battle tactics and religious fanaticism 被灌輸戰術和宗教狂熱思想(135)
二千零一年十二月
step up their efforts to track down terrorists 加強追查恐怖份子
二千零一年十一月
is preparing for a prolonged guerilla conflict
準備打長期游擊戰(135)
conduct a long drawn-out guerilla war 打長期游擊戰(135)
capture bin Laden 捉拿拉登(135)
destroy the Taleban 搗毀塔利班政權(135)
who are still reeling from the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World
Trade Centre on September 11 仍然因九一一事件受驚
levelling two blocks of the World Trade Centre
把兩座世貿中心夷為平地
were beginning to return to their normal routines
開始重過正常生活
pacifying the jittery mood of his people
安撫國民驚惶不安的情緒
anti-aircraft gun 高射炮(135)
rocket launcher 飛彈發射器(135)
ideologue 狂熱宣揚某種理念的人
acolytes 黨羽
Arab radicals 阿拉伯激進人士
Islamic fundamentalists 伊斯蘭原教主義份子
Islamic fanatics 伊斯蘭狂熱份子
temperate Arabs 溫和派的阿拉伯人
nonradical Muslims 溫和派的回教徒
infidel 異教徒
sacrilege 褻瀆神明的事
stooges of the US 美國的走狗
sponsors of terrorism 資助恐怖主義的國家
separatist Muslims in Chechnya 車臣回教分離主義者
have strayed from the fundamentals of the faith 悖離了原教義
Shi'ites 什葉派教徒
Sunnis 遜尼派教徒
routing bin Laden and his network 擊潰拉登和其網絡
terrorist leader 恐怖主義首領
bin Laden or his associates 拉登或其黨羽
the cradle of Islam 伊斯蘭教的發源地
defile the Muslim holy land 褻瀆回教聖地
Mullah Mohammed Omar 塔利班領袖奧馬爾
initiate guerilla warfare 展開游擊戰(135)
invoked the principle of reciprocity 主張以牙還牙
internecine battles 內戰(135)
provide intelligence 提供情報
二千零一年十月
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
hand over Bin Laden 交出拉登
Northern Alliance 北方聯盟
reprisal attack 報復襲擊
chemical or biological weapons 生化武器
anthrax 炭疽菌
A possible third case of anthrax infection has been found
in the United States following the death of one sufferer in Florida and the
discovery of the deadly germ in the nose of a co-worker. 美國發生第三宗懷疑感染炭疽菌個案。佛羅里達不久前有人感染炭疽菌死亡,及後在他的一名同事的鼻子也發現此奪命病菌。(135)
fears of bio-terrorism surged 越來越多人恐懼生物戰(135)
anthrax spores 炭疽菌胞子(135)
ground forces 地面部隊(135)
has tested positive for anthrax 感染炭疽菌(135)
skin anthrax
respiratory anthrax
receiving a suspicious letter containing powdery substance
收到內含可疑粉末的郵件(135)
containing a suspicious powder 藏有可疑粉末(135)
send coded signals 發放暗號
US attacks on Afghanistan must not lead to unnecessary civilian casualties.
美國若然襲擊阿富汗,必須確保不會誤傷平民。(135)
cooperate on intelligence matters 協助搜集情報
interdict financing of terrorist organisation 堵截恐怖份子財路
avoid innocent casualties 避免傷害平民
二千零一年九月
commissioned in the 1980s 在八十年代服役(135)
jihad (回教)聖戰(135)
launch a jihad 發動聖戰(135)
infidel 異教徒(135)
providing military backing 提供軍事援助(135)
strengthen our intelligence capabilities
強化情報蒐集能力(135)
二千零一年八月
Yasukuni shrine 靖國神社(135)
sacrificed their lives for the country 為國捐軀(135)
refuse to surrender their weapons 拒絕解除武裝(135)
prevent the appalling bloodshed seen in Bosnia and Kosovo
預防波斯尼亞和科索沃的流血事件重演(135)
二千零一年七月
Anti-Ballistic Missile agreement 反彈道導彈條約(135)
aim their nuclear weapons at each other 互相以核武瞄準對方(135)
objected to any deployment of weapons in space 反對在太空部署任何武器(135)
approved a robust arms package for Taiwan 同意出售強力武器予台灣(135)
counter a possible sea blockade by the mainland 對抗中國大陸可能發動的海上封鎖(135)
reduced its batteries of short-range ballistic missiles aimed at Taiwan
減少瞄準台灣的彈導飛彈數量(135)
arms-sales plan for Taiwan 對台售武計劃(135)
expanding military build-up 擴充軍備(135)
the military balance in the Taiwan Strait 台海兩岸的軍事平衡(135)
conducting two test firings of surface-to-surface missiles 試射兩次地對地導彈(135)
pacifist 和平主義者(135)
二千零一年四月
help maintain the military balance of power in the Taiwan
Strait 維持兩岸軍事力量平衡(135)
Kidd-class destroyers 紀德級驅逐艦(135)
had no intention of starting an arms race
無意展開軍事競賽(135)
二千零一年三月
expand its military build-up 擴充軍備
adding fuel to the flame 火上加油
involves more than 300 missiles pointed at Taiwan
包括超過三百枚對準台灣的導彈
If the US were to sell advanced weapons to Taiwan such as the Aegis, that could
be very detrimental to China-US relations.
如果美國售予台灣像神盾級戰艦般的先進武器,中美關係將會大受影響。
America's principal foe 美國頭號敵人
二千零一年二月
help Taiwan defend itself 幫助台灣自衛
made no clear commitment in approving new arms sales to the
island 沒有承諾會再向台灣售賣武器
Aegis-class destroyers 神盾級軍艦
providing Taiwan arms for self-defence
售賣武器予台灣自衛