美国对朝鲜银行实施制裁_时事要闻

美国对朝鲜银行实施制裁

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2013-03-12 07:36 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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The US has imposed sanctions on North Korea's primary foreign exchange bank and four individuals, amid heightened tensions over its nuclear ambitions.

面对朝鲜不断增长的核野心局势，美国对其主要外汇银行和四大私有银行实施制裁。

The move followed a UN vote last week to expand sanctions on Pyongyang after its February nuclear test.

It comes amid escalating¹ rhetoric² from the North over the sanctions and US-South Korean exercises now underway.

On Monday, North Korea cut the hotline between the two Koreas and said the Korean War armistice³（停战，休战） was "invalid⁴".

Spokesman Jay Carney said the White House was "certainly concerned by North Korea's bellicose⁵（好战的） rhetoric".

"The threats that they have been making follow a pattern designed to raise tension and intimidate⁶ others."

A spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, meanwhile, said the terms of the Korean War armistice "do not allow either side unilaterally（单方面地） to free themselves from it''.

The two Koreas remain technically⁷ at war because the armistice, not a peace treaty, ended the 1950-53 conflict. Although the hotline has been cut, other channels of communication exist between them.

On Tuesday, a spokesman for South Korean President Park Geun-hye said that her first overseas trip since taking office would be to the US in May, taking into account "the recent Korean Peninsula situation".

North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on 12 February, a move that followed an apparently⁸ successful launch in December of a three-stage rocket, seen as a banned test of missile technology.

Regional neighbours and the US fear Pyongyang is working to build a nuclear warhead small enough to put on a missile, but believe it does not yet have the capabilities⁹ to do so.

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1 escalating
v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大
参考例句：
The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。来自《简明英汉词典》 The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。来自辞典例句

2 rhetoric
n.修辞学，浮夸之言语
参考例句：
Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？ Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

3 armistice
n.休战，停战协定
参考例句：
The two nations signed an armistice.两国签署了停火协议。 The Italian armistice is nothing but a clumsy trap.意大利的停战不过是一个笨拙的陷阱。

4 invalid
n.病人，伤残人；adj.有病的，伤残的；无效的
参考例句：
He will visit an invalid.他将要去看望一个病人。 A passport that is out of date is invalid.护照过期是无效的。

5 bellicose
adj.好战的；好争吵的
参考例句：
He expressed alarm about the government's increasingly bellicose statements.他对政府越来越具挑衅性的声明表示担忧。 Some irresponsible politicians made a bellicose remarks.一些不负责任的政客说出一些好战的话语。

6 intimidate
vt.恐吓，威胁
参考例句：
You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事？ The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。

7 technically
adv.专门地，技术上地
参考例句：
Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。 The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

8 apparently
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。 He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

9 capabilities
n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力
参考例句：
He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。来自辞典例句 Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

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