2014年CRI 李克强同科威特首相会谈 北约防长会议在布鲁塞尔举行

 

Chinese Premier¹ Li Keqiang has met with his Kuwaiti counterpart here in Beijng.

The two have pledged to cement their friendship and boost cooperation.

Among various fields, Premier Li Keqiang especially notes that China is willing to participate in Kuwait's railway projects and voices support for closer cooperation in the energy sector².

Kuwait expressed a willingness to increase high-level visits between the two countries.

The two leaders also witnessed the signing of a series of cooperation deals.

The Kuwaiti Prime Minister is in Beijing right now for a 4-day visit.

He is also due to attend the opening ceremony of the ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum³.

The meeting will kick off on Thursday right here in Beijing.

NATO is set to bolster⁴ its defense⁵ capabilities⁶ in central and eastern Europe.

The decision comes after the NATO defense minister had a meeting in Brussels amid escalating⁷ tensions in the Ukraine.

It also comes hours after the US president pledged 1-billion dollars worth of military deployments in Europe.

Russia has earlier responded to the NATO decision, saying that it will reorganize its armed forces to strengthen military potential and troop mobility⁸.

Kremlin also says it may withdraw from the 1997 Nato-Russia Founding Act if there are major NATO deployments in eastern and central Europe.

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

2 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

3 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

4 bolster   

n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

5 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。

6 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

7 escalating   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句

8 mobility   

n.可动性，变动性，情感不定

参考例句：

• The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
• Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。