英闻天下——524 Iceland, 1st European State to Sign FTA with China

 　　China and Iceland have signed a Free Trade Agreement.

 

　　The agreement was signed during Icelandic Prime Minister Johanna Sigur-dar-dottir's official visit to China on Monday.

 

　　Iceland becomes the first European nation to have an FTA with China.

 

　　The agreement enables China to enlarge exports from Iceland and help to diversify¹ the looming² economy of the Nordic nation.

 

　　For more the issue, CRI's Zheng Chenguang earlier spoke³ to Ms. Stefania Oskars-dottir, Assistant Professor of the department of Political Science, at the University of Iceland.

 

　　That was CRI's Zheng Chenguang speaking with Stefania Oskars-dottir, Assistant Professor of department of Political Science, University of Iceland.

1 diversify   

v.（使）不同，（使）变得多样化

参考例句：

• Our company is trying to diversify.我们公司正力图往多样化方面发展。
• Hills and woods diversify the landscape.山陵和树木点缀景色。

2 looming   

n.上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望

3 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。