奥地利宣布斯诺登庇护申请“无效”

 　　奥地利宣布斯诺登庇护申请“无效”

        VIENNA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Austrian interior ministry¹ confirmed Tuesday that American whistleblower Edward Snowden had made an asylum² application to Austria, but government leaders have declared it "invalid³."

　　This is because the application was made from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow and not personally submitted within Austria's borders as it should have been, thereby⁴ making the application "invalid," said Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner.

　　She added that should Snowden travel to Austria he would not be deported⁵, as there was "no international arrest warrant," Austria Press Agency reported.

　　Both Austrian Chancellor⁶ Werner Faymann and Vice-Chancellor Michael Spindelegger confirmed the country's stance Tuesday. Faymann said asylum applications were sorted through on an individual basis according to the relevant laws, while Spindelegger said the application was "one of 17,000 every year."

　　Regarding the spying allegations themselves, Faymann said Austria could "not get back to business as usual" and is waiting for a reply from the United States as to whether data from Austria had been stolen or is currently in use.

　　Spindelegger said he was expecting more answers in the coming days.

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

3 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• A passport that is out of date is invalid.护照过期是无效的。

4 thereby   

adv.因此，从而

参考例句：

• I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市，因此对它不怎么熟悉。
• He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。

5 deported   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 )；举止

参考例句：

• They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。