俄罗斯总理视察新战车武器展

 　　俄罗斯总理视察新战车武器展

　　MOSCOW, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev inspected new combat vehicles Thursday at the Ninth Russia Arms Expo-2013 (RAE), according to the state press service.

　　Medvedev got a sneak¹ preview of modernized² T-72 and T-90C tanks, the new-generation Armata tank, a TOC-1A fire-thrower, a Scorpion³ all-terrain combat vehicle, a Terminator-2 tank-support fighting vehicle, and remotely controlled unmanned combat vehicles, according to the press service.

　　Some of the prototypes presented at the expo, including the Armata, are top secret projects expected to be put into mass production tentatively in 2015. The Defense⁴ Ministry⁵ plans to receive 2,300 Armatas by 2020. Testing of the Armata is scheduled to begin in November.

　　The biannual⁶ expo takes place in the Urals city of Nizhni Tagil from Thursday to Sunday. More than 300 military-industrial corporations from 20 countries or regions took part this year.

1 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

2 modernized   

使现代化，使适应现代需要( modernize的过去式和过去分词 )； 现代化，使用现代方法

参考例句：

• By 1985 the entire railway network will have been modernized. 等到1985年整个铁路网就实现现代化了。
• He set about rebuilding France, and made it into a brilliant-looking modernized imperialism. 他试图重建法国，使它成为一项表面华丽的现代化帝业。

3 scorpion   

n.蝎子，心黑的人，蝎子鞭

参考例句：

• The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。
• The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.蝎子有可以致命的螫针。

4 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。

5 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。

6 biannual   

adj.一年两次的

参考例句：

• I have to make a biannual report next Monday.下周一我得作半年度报告。
• Our school doctor recommends a biannual visit to the dentist.我们校医建议一年去看牙医两次。