As a territorial dispute strains bilateral relations
between Japan and China, Tokyo Tuesday criticized
Beijing's expansionary maritime strategies, and called
for beefed up surveillance and defense capabilities
around remote islands in contested waters.
在中日領土爭端導致雙邊關系緊張局勢加劇之際,日本政府周二
抨擊了中國擴張性的海上戰(zhàn)略,并呼吁增強日本在爭議水域內偏
遠島嶼周圍的偵察和防衛(wèi)能力。
【Vocabulary】
1. strain:拉緊;緊張
Example:All her senses were on the strain when the test was going on.
測試時,她所有的感官都處于緊張狀態(tài)。
2. bilateral:雙邊的
Example:They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他們一直在商談一項雙邊貿易協(xié)定。
3. criticize:批評
Example:You should not criticize him so harshly in his face.你不應該當面這么嚴厲地批評他。
4. expansionary:擴張性的
Example:Yet monetary policies are still highly expansionary.但當下的貨幣政策依然是高度擴張性的。
5. maritime:海的;海上的;海事的
Example:England was a great maritime power.英國曾是海上的強國。
6. beef up:加強;增援;充實
Example:The new evidence beefed up their case.有了新的證據(jù),他們的理由更充足了。
7. surveillance:監(jiān)視;監(jiān)督
Example:We must keep these people under close surveillance.對這些人我們要嚴密監(jiān)視。