新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2018/05/23

不邀请拉倒！美国环太平洋军演撤回对中国邀请

Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- Today keeps you informed and inspired. I'm Suyi

Coming up：

--Chinese foreign minister says the US withdrawal¹ for China's invitation to the 2018 Rim² of the Pacific Exercise non constructive³

--Law professor Giuseppe Conte has been named as Italy's new PM

--Irish Ambassador to China Eoin O'Leary to talk about the economic ties between the two countries.

For more on this, CRI's Suyi earlier spoke to Zha Daojiong, professor of School of International Studies at Peking University；Eoin O'Leary, Irish Ambassador to China， right now Irish deputies are participating in China Beijing International fair for trade in service；Luca Silipo, chief economist with GEODIS earlier spoke with Zhao Ying；Liu Zhiqin，Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China earlier spoke with Zhaoyang

1 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

2 rim   

n.(圆物的)边，轮缘；边界

参考例句：

• The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
• She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。

3 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。