美国暂停与俄罗斯的军事合作

 　　美国暂停与俄罗斯的军事合作

　　WASHINGTON, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Defense¹ Department on Monday evening said that it is suspending all military-to-military engagements with Russia because of Moscow's military movement in Ukraine.

　　The suspension covers bilateral² meetings, port visits and planning conferences, according to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, who added that the Pentagon values the relationship it has developed with the Russian military in the last few years.

　　The United States, he said, calls on Russia to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine and to pull Russian forces in Crimea back to their bases "as required under the agreements governing the Russia Black Sea Fleet."

　　The spokesman also stressed that the U.S. military has not changed its posture³ in Europe or the Mediterranean⁴ Sea.

　　Meanwhile, a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative was quoted by media as saying that the United States has also put trade and investment talks with Russia on hold over the Ukraine crisis.

　　The moves came after U.S. President Barack Obama said his administration was examining "a whole series of" economic and diplomatic steps to "isolate⁵" Russia over its refusal to withdraw military forces from Crimea.

　　Washington and its allies have already decided⁶ to suspend preparations for the Group of Eight summit slated⁷ for June in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi.

　　Crimea, a multiethnic region in southeastern Ukraine with a large Russian population, enjoys a high degree of autonomy after Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet⁸ Union in 1991. Russia has maintained its only Black Sea naval⁹ base there in the port of Sevastopol.

　　Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that his country could not stay aside if violent actions were taken against Russian speakers in eastern Ukrainian regions and Crimea.

　　But he has also stressed that Russia would take necessary measures according to international law and that further escalation¹⁰ of the crisis in Ukraine should be averted¹¹.

　　On Monday, the Russian foreign ministry¹² refuted allegations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that Russia was conducting military escalation in Ukraine's Republic of Crimea.

　　"Providing security for fleet facilities and preventing possible attacks on our compatriots from extremists and radicals¹³ are the sole purposes of all troop movements," the ministry said.

　　The ministry stressed that it was obvious that the sole source of the current threats to the sovereignty and territorial¹⁴ integrity of Ukraine was the internal political crisis in the country.

　　In the United Nations, Russian envoy¹⁵ Vitaly Churkin said ousted¹⁶ Ukrainian Viktor Yanukovych has requested Putin in a Saturday letter to use force to help restore law and order in his turmoil-stricken country.

　　Meanwhile, Sergei Naryshkin, speaker of the State Duma, or the lower house of Russia's parliament, said there was no need to send Russian troops to Ukraine so far and an opportunity to settle the situation in Ukraine via a political dialogue still exists.

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

3 posture   

n.姿势，姿态，心态，态度；v.作出某种姿势

参考例句：

• The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
• He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣，摆出一副打架的架势。

4 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

5 isolate   

vt.使孤立，隔离

参考例句：

• Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
• We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

8 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

9 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

10 escalation   

n.扩大，增加

参考例句：

• The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句

11 averted   

防止，避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 )； 转移

参考例句：

• A disaster was narrowly averted. 及时防止了一场灾难。
• Thanks to her skilful handling of the affair, the problem was averted. 多亏她对事情处理得巧妙，才避免了麻烦。

12 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。

13 radicals   

n.激进分子( radical的名词复数 )；根基；基本原理；[数学]根数

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals. 一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent. 现在人们担忧激进分子会变得更加不妥协。 来自辞典例句

14 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

15 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

16 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。