新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2018/04/05

中国和津巴布韦建立全方面战略合作伙伴关系

Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- Today keeps you informed and inspired. I'm Zhaoying

Coming up：

--Chinese ambassador urges U.S. to terminate 301 investigation¹

--Russia, Iran and Turkey seek 'lasting² ceasefire' in Syria amid US uncertainty³

--China and Zimbabwe agree to establish comprehensive strategic partnership⁴ of cooperation

For more on this, CRI's Zhaoying joined on the line by Michael R. Powers, Zurich Insurance Group Professor of risk and finance at Tsinghua university；Liu Zhiqin,Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China;Dr. He Wenping, an expert on African studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences；Saad N Jawad，Prof. of Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East Centre, London School of Economics spoke⁵ with Suyi.

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1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

3 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

4 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。