VOA慢速英语--伊朗无视美国制裁进行导弹测试
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月
AS IT IS 2016-03-09 Iran Defies US With Test Missiles 伊朗无视美国制裁进行导弹测试
Iran said Tuesday it conducted ballistic missile tests to defy U.S. sanctions and to show its "deterrent 1 power" and “ability to confront any threats.”
The tests came two months after the United States imposed new sanctions against Iranians and companies with links to Iran’s missile program.
Iranian state television reportedly showed a missile being fired from underground silo at night. The announcer said it was a medium-range Qiam-1 missile, according to Reuters.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 2, or IRGC, is the security force under Iran’s supreme 3 leader, Ali Khamenei. On its official website, it said Tuesday's test was "to show Iran's deterrent power and also the Islamic Republic's ability to confront any threat against the (Islamic) Revolution.”
General Amir Ali Hajizadeh is the head of the IRGC’s space program. He said “the missile struck a target 700 kilometers away.”
Last July, the U.S. and world powers reached an agreement with Iran on its nuclear activities. Iran agreed to remove most of its nuclear fuel and to avoid testing nuclear-capable missiles in exchange for the lifting of sanctions.
After two Iranian missile tests last October, the U.S. announced new sanctions in January against Iranians and companies for helping 4 Iran’s ballistic missile program.
The U.S. said the tests violated a U.N. resolution. The resolution banned Iran from “any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such ballistic missile technology."
Iran has always denied any link between its missile program and the disputed nuclear activity.
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deterrent – adj. able or intended to stop the progress of development of something
silo - n. underground chamber in which a guided missile is kept ready for firing
- Large fines act as a deterrent to motorists.高额罚款是对开车的人的制约。
- I put a net over my strawberries as a deterrent to the birds.我在草莓上罩了网，免得鸟歇上去。
- The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
- 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。
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。