和谐英语

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2016-08-25来源:Economist

1.capital punishment 死刑

例句:How many MP's favour bringing back capital punishment?
有多少国会议员赞成恢复死刑?
 

2.stand-off 冷淡;僵持

例句:For decades, we averted disaster, even under the shadow of a superpower stand-off.
几十年来,即使在超级大国对峙的阴影下,我们避免了灾难。

3.no-fly zone 禁飞区
 

例句:NATO has already agreed to enforce the arms embargo and patrol a no-fly zone over Libya.
北约已同意实施武器禁运法令,并在利比亚禁飞区内巡逻。

4.the peace talks 和谈

例句:The kids who engaged in the peace talks were ostracized by their own groups as treasonists.
参加和谈的男孩受到排挤,被自己的队员视为叛徒。