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欧盟对伊朗实施石油禁运

2012-01-30来源:CRI
短语讲解:
1. Ashton adds the sanctions are part of a twin-track approach designed to pressure Iran to come back to the negotiating table over its nuclear programs.

come back回来
例句:I'm going away and I may never come back.
我要走了, 可能永远不再回来。

2. We want to see them come back and either pick up the proposals that we put on the table in Istanbul a year ago, and look at those as potential confidence-building measures, or to come with ideas of their own.

pick up学到;获得
例句:He was picking up the skills quickly.
他正在很快地掌握技术。
put on穿上, 戴上; 把…放在…上
例句:Put the plates gently on the table, they are very delicate.
把碟子轻轻放在桌上, 这些碟子非常易碎。

3. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe says the EU has opted for the very strong sanctions in order to avoid any kind of military solution.

opt for选择
例句:They opt for more holiday instead of more pay
他们选择了延长假期而不是增加工资。
in order to为
例句:We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。

4. This process will continue to intensify so that Iran understands fully that the pressure will not let up and the isolation will not stop until they decide to make the right choice

let up放松; 减少〔弱〕
例句:We have overspent. We'll have to let up our expenditures next month.
我们已经超支了, 下个月一定得节约开支。

5. Meanwhile, at least two Iranian lawmakers say their government is ready to carry out its threat to shut down the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic.

carry out完成, 实现
例句:They carried out their plan without difficulty.
他们顺利地完成了计划。
shut down完全关闭,倒闭,停止运转
例句:The shop has shut down because of lack of trade.
那商店因生意萧条而停业。

6. At least 20-percent of the world's ship-bound oil moves through that Strait, which links the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句:Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。