英闻天下——97 China Responds to Japan's Planned Defense Boost

 　　China says it hopes Japan can reflect on history and pursue peaceful development.

 

　　Foreign Ministry¹ spokesman Hong Lei made the comments after the Japanese government announced plans to increase defense² spending.

 

　　Hong said at a regular press briefing that due to historical reasons, Japan's moves in the fields of military and security will always be of great concern to its neighboring countries in Asia.

 

　　The Liberal Democratic Party, Japan's ruling party, agreed on Monday to increase defense expenditures³ by about 120 billion yen⁴ or 1.4 billion U.S. dollars in the next fiscal⁵ year from 4.7 trillion yen under the initial budget for fiscal 2012.

 

　　Meanwhile, Hong Lei also said China consistently opposes official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan, and is against U.S. weapon sales to the island.

 

　　Hong urged the United States to refrain from harming China-U.S. relations and the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.

 

　　The remarks were made after U.S senator James Inhofe reportedly told Taiwan's leader that the United States will sell advanced weapons and helicopters to Taiwan.

1 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。

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 expenditures   

n.花费( expenditure的名词复数 )；使用；（尤指金钱的）支出额；（精力、时间、材料等的）耗费

参考例句：

• We have overspent.We'll have to let up our expenditures next month. 我们已经超支了，下个月一定得节约开支。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The pension includes an allowance of fifty pounds for traffic expenditures. 年金中包括50镑交通费补贴。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

5 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。