2021年经济学人 德俄关系--寒冬将至(2)

Pundits¹ differ on whether the turning-point in German-Russian relations was Mr Putin's annexation² of Crimea in 2014,

对于德俄关系的转折点是普京在2014年吞并克里米亚，

the Kremlin-directed hacking³ of the Bundestag's computer systems in 2015 or the killing⁴ in 2019 of a Chechen dissident in a Berlin park.

还是克里姆林宫指使的2015年德国联邦议院计算机系统遭到黑客攻击，抑或是2019年在柏林公园杀害一名车臣异见人士，专家们意见不一。

Yet all agree that the poisoning last year of Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin's leading opponent, was the last straw.

然而，所有人都认为，去年克里姆林宫主要对手阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼中毒事件是最后一根稻草。

"German-Russia relations are at the lowest point since the end of the cold war, and they will deteriorate⁵ further still," says Stefan Meister of the DGAP, a think-tank in Berlin.

“德俄关系正处于冷战结束以来的最低点，而且还会进一步恶化，”柏林智库DGAP的斯特凡·梅斯特表示。

Mr Putin uses the conflict with the West to drum up nationalist support for his regime.

普京利用与西方的冲突来争取民族主义者对其政权的支持。

He will become even more authoritarian⁶, predicts Mr Meister, by increasing pressure on Russian media and nongovernmental organisations.

梅斯特预测，通过加大对俄罗斯媒体和非政府组织的压力，普京将变得更加专制。

According to Andrey Kortunov, the head of the Russian International Affairs Council, a foreign-affairs think-tank in Moscow, the Russian government has no desire to increase tensions with Germany.

俄罗斯国际事务委员会(位于莫斯科的一家外交事务智库)主席安德烈·科尔图诺夫表示，俄罗斯政府无意加剧与德国的紧张关系。

It expects continuity with Mrs Merkel's policies if Armin Laschet, her party's candidate, becomes the next chancellor⁷.

如果阿明·拉谢成为下一任总理，它希望默克尔的政策能够继续。

If, however, the next chancellor is the Greens' Annalena Baerbock, who opposes Nord Stream 2, Germany looks likely to get tougher with Russia.

然而，如果下一任总理是绿党的阿娜蕾娜·拜尔波克(她反对北溪2号项目)，那么德国可能会对俄罗斯采取更加强硬的态度。

Either way, long gone are the too-cosy days of Mr Schrder, who once called Mr Putin a "flawless democrat⁸", and who is now the chairman of both Rosneft, Russia's state-controlled oil company, and Nord Stream 2.

不管怎样，施罗德过于安逸的日子早已一去不复返了。施罗德曾称普京是“完美的民主主义者”，他现在是俄罗斯国有石油公司Rosneft和北溪2号的董事长。

1 pundits   

n.某一学科的权威，专家( pundit的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The pundits disagree on the best way of dealing with the problem. 如何妥善处理这一问题，专家众说纷纭。 来自辞典例句
• That did not stop Chinese pundits from making a fuss over it. 这并没有阻止中国的博学之士对此大惊小怪。 来自互联网

2 annexation   

n.吞并，合并

参考例句：

• He mentioned the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 .他提及1910年日本对朝鲜的吞并。
• I regard the question of annexation as belonging exclusively to the United States and Texas.我认为合并的问题，完全属于德克萨斯和美国之间的事。

3 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

5 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

6 authoritarian   

n./adj.专制(的)，专制主义者，独裁主义者

参考例句：

• Foreign diplomats suspect him of authoritarian tendencies.各国外交官怀疑他有着独裁主义倾向。
• The authoritarian policy wasn't proved to be a success.独裁主义的政策证明并不成功。

7 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

8 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。