普京誓言加强军队应对美国与北约

 　　Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed¹ to strengthen Moscow's nuclear and conventional weapons to counter recent moves by the US and NATO.

　　The comment comes as the Russian Navy launched a Bulava ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine in the White Sea.

　　Two more ballistic missile tests are planned for the coming months.

　　Putin blames Western countries of taking advantage of the Ukraine crisis and for using it as an excuse to resuscitate² NATO.

　　普京誓言加强军队应对美国与北约

　　"As you know, a decision has been made recently to expand NATO's presence in Eastern Europe. Some of our Western partners are now using the crisis in Ukraine, that they provoked themselves, in order to resuscitate the military bloc³. We will take all these things into account when we decide on ensuring our country's security."

　　He says the new weapons modernization⁴ program will focus on building a new array of offensive weapons to provide a guaranteed nuclear deterrent⁵.

　　Putin also stresses that Moscow has no intention of getting involved in any kinds of arms race.

　　A NATO summit last week decided⁶ to create a rapid-reaction "spearhead" force to guard against potential Russian threats.

1 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

2 resuscitate   

v.使复活，使苏醒

参考例句：

• A policeman and then a paramedic tried to resuscitate her.一名警察和一位护理人员先后试图救活她。
• As instructed by Rinpoche,we got the doctors to resuscitate him.遵照仁波切的指示，我们找来医生帮他进行急救。

3 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。

4 modernization   

n.现代化，现代化的事物

参考例句：

• This will help us achieve modernization.这有助于我们实现现代化。
• The Chinese people are sure to realize the modernization of their country.中国人民必将实现国家现代化。

5 deterrent   

n.阻碍物，制止物；adj.威慑的，遏制的

参考例句：

• Large fines act as a deterrent to motorists.高额罚款是对开车的人的制约。
• I put a net over my strawberries as a deterrent to the birds.我在草莓上罩了网，免得鸟歇上去。

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。