75 波斯湾美军仍保持高度戒备

75 波斯湾美军仍保持高度戒备

US Military Still on High Alert in Persian Gulf¹
Alex Belida
The Pentagon
26 Jun 2001 21:24 UTC

U.S. military forces in the Persian Gulf region remain on high (1)alert following intelligence warnings late last week of a possible terrorist attack. The Pentagon is still remaining tight-lipped about details of the terrorist threat and its (2)precautionary response.
But spokesman, Rear Admiral Craig Quigley, went on the record Tuesday to confirm the threat was considered serious and (3)credible² - serious and credible enough to order U.S. Navy ships docked in Bahrain to sea, the (4)cancellation of a Marine³ exercise in Jordan and other so-called force protection measures.
Admiral Quigley said, "In this particular case, we feel that the confluence⁴ of the intelligence information is specific enough and credible enough so that we had to take this (5)prudent, cautious course of action because you're talking about people's lives."
Admiral Quigley rejects suggestions that the response has given terrorists a victory, forcing U.S. military units to effectively (6)flee in the face of a threat. He says it was the right thing to do. "If we can put ships to sea," he said, "if we can (7)remove (8)Marines from an exercise, if we can increase force protection measures throughout that region to make it harder - it's never impossible - but make it harder to attack U.S. forces then given the circumstances we see in this case we felt that was the right thing to do."
News reports have linked the latest threat to associates of (9)fugitive Saudi terrorist leader Osama bin⁵ Laden⁶. He has also been linked to last October's bombing of a U.S. destroyer while on a port call in Yemen. Seventeen U.S. sailors were killed in that attack, which prompted a review of security measures for all American forces worldwide.

(1) alert[E5l:t]adj.提防的, 警惕的n.警惕, 警报
(2) precautionary[prI`kR:FEnErI]adj.预防的
(3) credible[5kredIb(E)l]adj.可信的, 可靠的
(4) cancellation[kAnsE5leIF(E)n]n.取消
(5) prudent[5pru:dEnt]adj.谨慎的
(6) flee[fli:]vt.逃跑, 逃走vi.消散, 逃, 消失
(7) fugitive[5fju:dVItIv]adj.逃亡的,易变的n.逃亡者, 难捕捉之物
(8) remove[rI5mu:v]vt.移动, 开除, 移交vi.迁移, 搬家n.移动
(9) marine[mE5ri:n]n.舰队, 水兵, 海运业adj.海的, 海产的, 航海的

1 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

2 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

3 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

4 confluence   

n.汇合，聚集

参考例句：

• They built the city at the confluence of two rivers.他们建造了城市的汇合两条河流。
• The whole DV movements actually was a confluence of several trends.整个当时的DV运动，实际上是几股潮流的同谋。

5 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

6 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。