福克斯新闻 美国决定将古巴移除支恐国家名单

The call to remove Cuba from that list came a while back,made by the President on advice from the State Department that Cuba had not been involved with international terrorism for some time, though Cuba maintains it never was.

对于将古巴移除支恐国家名单这项决定，总统采纳了国务院的建议,即古巴没有参与国际恐怖主义,尽管那个国家坚称自己从来都没有参与。

Cuba had made removal from that list a key point of resuming diplomacy¹ with the United States,though U.S. officials had maintained a nation's presence on the list didn't preclude² the U.S.from maintaining an embassy there. 

古巴已将这次移除看成是与美国修复外交关系的一个关键条件,而美国官员表示在这份名单上的一个国家的存在并不能阻碍美国同它维系关系。

Congress had forty-five days to question or block the President's decision, and that time period expires today.

国会有45天时间质疑或阻止总统的决定,而这项决议会在今天到期。

1 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

2 preclude   

vt.阻止，排除，防止；妨碍

参考例句：

• We try to preclude any possibility of misunderstanding.我们努力排除任何误解的可能性。
• My present finances preclude the possibility of buying a car.按我目前的财务状况我是不可能买车的。