PLA says US warship's Straits transit? ? ? ? ? 'provocative'（China Daily，F(xiàn)eb. 28, 2022)

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PLA：中國(guó)人民解放軍

warship：戰(zhàn)艦

strait：海峽

transit：經(jīng)過(guò)、運(yùn)輸

provocative：挑釁

The recent passage by a United States'? ? ? ? ?warship through the Taiwan Straits amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis was a ploy to reassure? Taiwan separatist forces that the US is? ? ? ? ? ?committed to the island's security, but that's a wrong signal and will stir up tension in the Straits, experts said.

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ploy：計(jì)策

reassure：安撫

separatist forces：分裂勢(shì)力

be committed to：致力于

stir up：煽動(dòng)

On Saturday, the guided-missile destroyer? ? USS Ralph Johnson made a transit through?? the strategic waterway, prompting the?????????? Chinese military to organize forces to track?? and monitor the vessel's voyage, according?? ?to a statement by the People's Liberation???? ?Army Eastern Theater Command.

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guided-missile destroyer：導(dǎo)彈驅(qū)逐艦

prompt：促使

theater：戰(zhàn)區(qū)

command：司令部

Senior Colonel Shi Yi, a spokesman for the??? command, said such an action is provocative and aims to embolden Taiwan separatist?? ??? ?forces, calling it "hypocritical and futile".

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embolden：壯膽

hypocritical：虛偽的

futile：徒勞的

As the Russia-Ukraine crisis intensifies, the?? US' previous withdrawal from Afghanistan?? ??and recent pledge not to send troops to??? ??? defend Ukraine have fueled public debate on Taiwan social media about the US' security??? commitment to the island.

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intensify：加劇

previous：以前的

withdrawal：撤離

Afghanistan：阿富汗

pledge to：承諾

The discourse reached a boiling point? ? ? ? ? ?? recently when a social media post said the???? island?ranked 21st in the 2022 World Military Strength Rankings, one spot higher than????? Ukraine. The post has gone viral and given? ? rise to the phrase "Today Ukraine, Tomorrow Taiwan" in Taiwan society.

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discourse：言論、論文

post：帖子

spot：這里指位

Officials of the pro-secession Democratic? ? ??Progressive Party scrambled to squash such? ? sentiments. They included Taiwan leader?????? Tsai Ing-wen, who said in an interview that??? the recent speculation was the result?of?fearmongering misinformation spread by?other? ??forces.

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pro-secession：前任

Democratic Progressive Party：民主進(jìn)步黨

scramble：艱難地

squash：制止

sentiment：情緒

speculation：推測(cè)

fearmongering：散布恐懼

misinformation：誤傳

Su Huan-chih, former magistrate of Tainan? ? county in Taiwan, responded on social media, saying Tsai's comment was ignorant and? ? ? ? ?tantamount to burying one's head in the??? ? ? sand. Su also called Tsai insidious for? ??? ?????? discounting genuine concerns by people who love Taiwan as misinformation and part of a? propaganda war.

注解?

magistrate：地方執(zhí)法官

insidious：陰險(xiǎn)的

discounting：低估

A professor of?Taiwan affairs based in? ? ?????? Xiamen, Fujian province, who requested?

anonymity, said that after the situation in?

Ukraine escalated, worries about possible?

armed conflict between the Chinese?

mainland and Taiwan increased among?

people living on both sides of the Straits.

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request：要求

anonymity：匿名

escalate：逐步升級(jí)

"People are concerned that if the US and?

Taiwan separatist forces keep ignoring?

China's core interests, like how the US and?

NATO keep disregarding Russia's security?

concerns, then war will be highly likely after?

all options for peaceful reunification have?

been exhausted," the expert said.

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reunification：統(tǒng)一