首尔就海岸警卫船沉没向北京抗议

 　　SEOUL, South Korea — Seoul officials said Monday they’ve lodged¹ a formal complaint with Beijing accusing Chinese fishing boats of ramming² and sinking a South Korean coast guard vessel³.

　　韩国首尔——首尔官员周一表示,他们已经向北京提出正式抗议指责中国渔船撞沉了一艘韩国海岸警卫队船只。

　　The sinking happened on Friday when South Korean coast guard officers were trying to stop about 40 Chinese fishing boats from suspected illegal fishing off South Korea’s west coast. No causalities or injuries were reported, according to South Korea’s coast guard.

　　沉没发生在周五，当时韩国海岸警卫队人员试图阻止大约40艘涉嫌在韩国西海岸非法捕鱼的中国渔船。没有伤亡事件的报告，根据韩国的海岸警卫队的说法。

　　One coast guard officer was on the South Korean vessel rammed⁴ by two Chinese boats before he jumped into the water and was rescued by his colleagues. Eight fellow coast guard officers boarded a Chinese boat for an inspection⁵, the coast guard said in a statement.

　　两艘中国渔船撞击了这艘韩国警卫队船只，当时船上的只有一名韩国军官，他跳下水被同事救起。当时其八名韩国军官同事登上了一艘中国渔船进行检查，海岸警备队在声明中说道。

1 lodged   

v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 )；暂住；埋入；（权利、权威等）归属

参考例句：

• The certificate will have to be lodged at the registry. 证书必须存放在登记处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police. 我们的邻居向警方控告我们。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ramming   

n.打结炉底v.夯实（土等）( ram的现在分词 )；猛撞；猛压；反复灌输

参考例句：

• They are ramming earth down. 他们在夯实泥土。 来自辞典例句
• Father keeps ramming it down my throat that I should become a doctor. 父亲一直逼我当医生。 来自辞典例句

3 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

4 rammed   

v.夯实（土等）( ram的过去式和过去分词 )；猛撞；猛压；反复灌输

参考例句：

• Two passengers were injured when their taxi was rammed from behind by a bus. 公共汽车从后面撞来，出租车上的两位乘客受了伤。
• I rammed down the earth around the newly-planted tree. 我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。