CARACAS, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela is in the process of installing a powerful antiaircraft weapons system to protect against incursions of its airspace, President Nicolas Maduro announced Wednesday.
"We are installing the most powerful system in the world in all mountain ranges, mountains, corridors, in the Venezuelan plains, along
maritime1 and
territorial2 borders. Our homeland is unassailable, nobody will be able to touch even an inch of our homeland, it is sacred," Maduro said in a televised broadcast from eastern Sucre state, aired by state-run VTV.
Maduro said the antiaircraft weapons system is being installed along the mountain range that runs through eastern Venezuela "so that some foreign airplane will never be able to enter and
desecrate3 the sacred sky of the Venezuelan homeland."
The president in Sucre to promote his administration's Street Government program, which aims to bring the federal government closer to the people so it can resolve local problems. He also called for a socially, morally and
ethically4 "strong" armed forces.
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maritime
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adj.海的,海事的,航海的,近海的,沿海的 |
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- Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
- The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
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territorial
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adj.领土的,领地的 |
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- The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
- They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。
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desecrate
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v.供俗用,亵渎,污辱 |
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- The enemy desecrate the church by using it as a stable.敌人亵渎这所教堂,把它当做马厩。
- It's a crime to desecrate the country's flag.玷污国旗是犯罪。
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ethically
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adv.在伦理上,道德上 |
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- Ethically , we have nothing to be ashamed about . 从伦理上说,我们没有什么好羞愧的。
- Describe the appropriate action to take in an ethically ambiguous situation. 描述适当行为采取在一个道德地模棱两可的情况。
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