But to join us to continue to expand upon steps we have taken in recent days in order to isolate Russia politically, diplomatically and economically.
而是加入到我们当中继续扩大为了从政治,外交和经济上孤立俄罗斯最近几天已经采取的措施。
The U.S. government has sided with the pro-Europe Ukrainians. 美国政府已经站在了亲欧乌克兰人民的一边。
Russia says it will not fight Ukraine, but the U.S. says Russian troops have entered the European country and that it's considering sanctions against Russia. 俄罗斯表示不会攻打乌克兰,但美国表示俄罗斯军队已经加入到欧洲国家而且政治考虑对于俄罗斯的制裁。
That's adding to the pressure on Russia's main stock market. 这主要增加了俄罗斯主要股票市场的压力。
Well, since then the MICEX has rebounded slightly. 嗯,此后MICEX略有反弹。
Meanwhile, the ruble has lost ten percent of its value since the beginning of the year raising fears of inflation and painful memories of previous currency devaluation.
与此同时,自今年年初对通胀的担忧和以前货币贬值痛苦回忆开始起卢布已经失去了其价值的百分之十。
It could even trigger the recession outside. 而外面甚至可能引发经济衰退。
Despite its oil wealth, Russia is increasingly reliant on the West. 尽管有着石油财富,俄罗斯却越来越依赖西方。
But if the West piles on too much economic pressure, Russian President Vladimir Putin could respond by cutting off Russia's oil and natural gas exports to the E.U. with potentially disastrous consequences.
但如果西方施加太多的经济压力,俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京可能会切断俄罗斯出口到欧盟的石油和天然气带来潜在的灾难性后果。 isolate ['ais?leit, -lit]
vt. 使隔离；使孤立；使绝缘 n. 隔离种群 vi. 隔离；孤立 adj. 隔离的；孤立的 1. The writer isolated himself in his study. 那位作家把自己关在书房里。 2. Can we isolate that? 可以分离出来吗？ diplomatically [,dipl?'m?tik?li]
adv. 在外交上；靠外交途径；圆滑地；婉转地
1. He told the artist diplomaticallythat his ugly picture was \他圆滑地对画家说，他那张难看的画很“独特”。
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2. \diplomatically, \Bush.
布什说：“我告诉默克尔总理我的第一个选择，当然是以外交手段解决。
sanctions
n. 制裁；处罚（sanction的复数）；制发v. 批准；对…实行制裁；赞许（sanction的三单形式）
1. to sanction the embargo against (a country)对(某国)实行禁运制裁 2. So are there no sanctions at all? 那么是否根本没有制裁呢？ equivalent [i'kwiv?l?nt]
adj. 等价的，相等的；同意义的n. 等价物，相等物
1. THe two words are equivalent in meaning那两个词在意思上是相等的。
2. Deep Copy Construction: To obtain a new yet equivalent wrapped object.深复制构造：获得一个新的、等价的包装对象。 rebounded [,ri:'baund]
n. 回弹；篮板球vi. 回升；弹回vt. 使弹回v. 重新装订（rebind的过去式和过去分词） 1. On Wednesday, however, both Treasurys and the dollar rebounded. 但是，国债和美元周三都出现了反弹。
2. I would like to calm, I haverebounded, who can tell me how I end. 我想要平静，我已经弹回，谁能告诉我我如何结束。 inflation [in'flei??n]
n. 膨胀；通货膨胀；夸张；自命不凡
1. The economy verges toward inflation经济倾向于通货膨胀。
2. But it is a policy of continuousinflation但这是一种持续的通货膨胀政策。devaluation [,di:v?lju'ei??nn. 货币贬值
1. Devaluation could itself trigger a wage-price spiral.贬值本身将引发工资-价格螺旋。
2. In the euro area, economies deprived of the safety valve of devaluation must make structural reforms to adjust.在欧元区中，失去了货币贬值安全阀的各经济体必须实施结构性改革来进行调整。
trigger ['triɡ?] vt. 引发，引起；触发vi. 松开扳柄n. 扳机；触发器；制滑机 1. His stupid remarks triggered off a strike.他说的蠢话引发了一场罢工。 2. The brain reacts to the trigger.大脑对这种触发做出反应。 recession [ri'se??n] n. 衰退；不景气；后退；凹处
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1. One reason is the recession原因之一是经济衰退。
2. Comfort is the bridge to recession.安逸是通向衰退的桥梁。 disastrous [di'zɑ:str?s] adj. 灾难性的；损失惨重的；悲伤的
1. Disastrous weather have drought, floods, frost, hail and strong winds.灾害性天气有干旱、洪涝、霜冻、冰雹和大风。
2. In a travel, I witnessed a disastrouscustomer service of a car rental company在一次旅行中，我目睹了一家租车公司灾难性的顾客服务。 compare to 把…比作,喻为
So how does this compare to other music solutions? 这个跟其他音乐下载服务比起来如何呢？
They have nothing to compare to.没有东西让他们来比较。 I'll bring you up to speed on the latest developments. 我将为你介绍最新的进展情况。
You're ten minutes away from getting up to speedon current events. 你离来做自己的事情还有10分钟的时间。
delegates
n. 代表（delegate的复数） v. 选举…为代表；委托职责（delegate的三单形式）
1. They have delegated him to represent their city at the convention.他们选举他代表他们市去参加代表大会。
2. The majority of delegates voted for the proposal大多数代表投票赞成这个建议。It includes thousands of delegates from all over the country. 它包括成千上万来自全国各地的代表们。
involvement [in'v?lvm?nt] n. 牵连；包含；混乱；财政困难
1. In a recent book, he advocated much more government involvement in health care.在最近的一本书中，他主张政府应更多的参与卫生保健。
2. We are both individual and social creatures. We need both involvement and independence我们俩都是独有且群居的人。我们需要互相牵连且独立。
trade [treid] n. 贸易，交易；行业；职业 vi. 交易，买卖；以物易物vt. 用…进行交换 1. Our company trades with many foreign companies. 我们公司和许多外国公司进行贸易。
2. My major was Economics and Trade.我主修的是经济与贸易。 asteroid ['?st?r?id] n. [天文]小行星；海盘车；小游星adj. 星状的
1. Dodge being hit in an asteroid belt, and get ready to land as you approach a deserted moonscape.道奇被击中的小行星带，并准备好土地作为你的方法一个荒芜的月球表面。
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2. Fixed an issue in the Solar System Editor that caused a crash whenever you deleted an Asteroid Field.修正了一个太阳系编辑器中的问题，该问题会导致在删除小行星带时崩溃。 But an asteroid zipped by us yesterday. 但是我们昨天同一颗小行星擦身而过。
zipped adj. 用拉链扣上的v. 拉链（zip的过去式）；发嘘嘘声；使…增加热情 1. Extract the zipped files to a temporary directory.压缩文件到一个临时目录。
2. High, stand-up collar - When zippedup, the hood opening forms the rear part of the collar and seals against the back of the head, keeping the neck warm高立领——当把拉链拉上时，帽子的开口形成了领子的后部，帽身部分贴着头部后面，保持脖子温暖。
termsn. 地位，关系；条款；术语；措辞；价钱（term的复数形式）v. 把…称为（term的三单
1. You might term her boy friend handsome.你可以说她的男朋友是英俊的。 2. But other creditors have refused the terms.但其他债权人拒绝这些条款。 tumultuous [tju:'m?ltju?s, adj. 吵闹的；骚乱的；狂暴的
1. LIKE the birds or the beasts, musicians can sometimes be seers of tumultuouschange.音乐家就类同于鸟或走兽，他们时常能预言万变莫测的世界。
2. No other country has undergone suchtumultuous change in so short a time as Russia did under Yeltsin.没有一个国家像叶利钦时代的俄罗斯一样，在这么短的时间里经历了如此动荡的变革。 It was a tumultuous weekend in Ukraine.乌克兰刚刚度过了一个混乱的周末。 Because here's the baseball diamond right here. 因为这里有个棒球内场。
tournament ['tu?n?m?nt, n. 锦标赛，联赛；比赛
1. Whether she wins or she loses, this is her last tournament不管她是赢是输，这是她的最后一次锦标赛。
2. I am now coaching a high school team, we attended a city tournament last month, and lost all of them我现在是一支高中校队的教练，上个月我们参加了全市的联赛，我们输掉了所有比赛。 ouster ['aust?] n. 驱逐；剥夺；罢黜
1. That two-year old controversy evolved into charges of ethics violations and prompted some
European governments to demand his ouster.这个长达两年的争论逐渐演变成违法道德的指控并促使许多欧盟国家政府要求其离任。
2. FIVE years after the \ouster of one president, Kyrgyzstan has seen another flee the capital, another new government set up and more elections promised
在郁金香革命导致总统下台五年后，吉尔吉斯斯坦又一位总统逃离首都，又一届新政府成立以及更多的选举承诺。 peninsula [pi'ninsjul?] n. 半岛
1. Near the Florida Peninsula, there live lots of dolphins.佛罗里达半岛附近省份存折很多海豚。
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2. Video from the air shows the destruction Hurricane Ike had on the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas.空中影像显示飓风艾克对得克萨斯州的玻利瓦尔半岛造成的破坏。
combat ['k?mb?t, k?m'b?t] vt. 反对；与…战斗vi. 战斗；搏斗n. 战斗；争论adj. 战斗的；为…斗争的
1. We must combat our own shortcomings and errors.我们必须与自己的缺点和错误做斗争。 2. Second, the need to combat localism.其次，需要打击地方主义。 confrontation [,k?nfr?n'tei??n] n. 对抗；面对；对质
1. We can't risk another confrontationwith the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
2. Of all the possible boundary experiences, confrontation with death is by far the most potent.在所有可能的边界体验中，濒临死亡的体验是目前来看最有力的。
populated adj. 粒子数增加的v. 居住于…中；构成…的人口（populate的过去分词） 1. What peoples have populated America?有什麽民族移民美国？
2. Some areas, due to their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated由于恶劣的天气条件，一些区域几乎不能居住。
Extremes n. 狂热分子，极端条件
1. Both these extremes are to be avoided.这两种极端都是应该避免的。
2. Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their reader with unimportant facts and statistics.报纸和杂志的编辑常常为了提供读者不重要的实际情形与数据而走极端。
shivering ['?iv?ri?] n. 颤抖；小片adj. 颤抖的v. 颤抖（shiver的ing形式） 1. Shivering carcass shuns the light颤抖的尸体回避着阳光。 2. Shivering replaced by muscle rigidity肌肉僵硬取代了颤抖。
parched [pɑ:t?t] adj. 焦的；炎热的；炒过的；干透的v. 烘干；使极渴（parch的过去分词） 1. Land parched by the sun太阳烤得大地干裂。
2. The results showed that the milked tea boiling from brick tea is the best for making
Tibetan parched flour得出结论，制作、生产食品糌粑最佳茶水为用砖茶熬制的奶茶，其次是熬制的砖茶。
fostered ['f?st?] vt. 培养；养育，抚育；抱（希望等）adj. 收养的，养育的
1. Love must be fostered with roses爱情必须靠玫瑰来培育。
2. Interviewer: What ability do you think should be fostered in this process?面试官：你认为你在这个过程中需要培养的能力是什么?
Windy dry conditions fostered the spread of wild fires, and when rain finally came from a recentstorm system, there wasn't much vegetation left to soak it up.
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