俄罗斯称近期西方的军事活动空前

 　　MOSCOW, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Tuesday accused the United States and NATO of staging "unprecedented¹" military activity near its borders.

　　In a telephone conversation with his U.S. counterpart, Chuck Hagel, Russian Defense² Minister Sergei Shoigu said the Western military activity had been growing substantially, and was "accompanied by provocative³ statements."

　　Shoigu's remarks came after NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said earlier that the bloc⁴ had decided⁵ to take "further military measures" to respond to the crisis in Ukraine.

　　Rasmussen said the alliance's aircraft would fly more sorties over the Baltic region, and ships would be deployed⁶ to the Baltic Sea, the eastern Mediterranean⁷ and elsewhere.

　　Shoigu denied allegations that Russian special troops had been infiltrating⁸ into the Ukrainian territory.

　　"Anti-Russian hysteria that was recently unleashed⁹ in the Western media would not help subdue¹⁰ these emotions," the Russian Defense Ministry's press service quoted Shoigu as saying.

　　He also said two fly-bys of Russian jet fighters around a U.S. warship¹¹ and a warplane in April had been "misinterpreted" by the West.

　　A Russian SU-24 fighter jet flew over the U.S. destroyer Donald Cook 12 times in the Black Sea on April 12. A SU-27 approached the U.S. RC-135 plane over Okhotsk Sea on April 22.

　　Also on Tuesday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the new package of U.S. sanctions levied¹² against Russia will negatively affect the country's high-tech¹³ industry.

　　"The gravity of these measures is absolutely obvious, especially in terms of restricting cooperation in high technologies, deliveries of dual-purpose products from the United States to Russia and issues linked with launches of U.S.-made spacecraft," Ryabkov was quoted by Gazeta.ru online news portal as saying.

　　On Monday, the White House announced fresh sanctions against Russia targeting seven government officials and 17 companies.

　　Ryabkov said Moscow does not want to sever¹⁴ ties with the United States and the European Union.

　　"We want to cut nothing, as we've got lots of ties -- human and economical," he said.

　　Last week, Standard & Poor's rating agency downgraded Russia's long-term rating as well as ratings of a number of Russian companies amid the wave of sanctions imposed against Moscow by the West.

　　Ryabkov called these actions "disgusting" and warned that Russia will retaliate¹⁵.

1 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

2 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。

3 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

4 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

5 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。

6 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

7 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。

8 infiltrating   

v.（使）渗透，（指思想）渗入人的心中( infiltrate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Be vigilant against the danger of enemy agents infiltrating the government and boring from within. 要警惕敌特渗入政府内部进行暗中破坏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The metastatic melanoma is seen here to be infiltrating into the myocardium. 图示转移性黑色素瘤浸润到心肌。 来自互联网

9 unleashed   

v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
• The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 subdue   

vt.制服，使顺从，征服；抑制，克制

参考例句：

• She tried to subdue her anger.她尽力压制自己的怒火。
• He forced himself to subdue and overcome his fears.他强迫自己克制并战胜恐惧心理。

11 warship   

n.军舰，战舰

参考例句：

• He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。
• The warship was making towards the pier.军舰正驶向码头。

12 levied   

征（兵）( levy的过去式和过去分词 )； 索取； 发动（战争）； 征税

参考例句：

• Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor. 向富人征收的税应该比穷人的多。
• Heavy fines were levied on motoring offenders. 违规驾车者会遭到重罚。

13 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

14 sever   

v.切开，割开；断绝，中断

参考例句：

• She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.她想断绝和那家公司的所有联系。
• We must never sever the cultural vein of our nation.我们不能割断民族的文化血脉。

15 retaliate   

v.报复，反击

参考例句：

• He sought every opportunity to retaliate against his enemy.他找机会向他的敌人反击。
• It is strictly forbidden to retaliate against the quality inspectors.严禁对质量检验人员进行打击报复。