时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2012年(一月)


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US Forces Poised 1 to Deal with Iran Threat


Ready for action at sea, the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet at Bahrain is among the massive military resources that the U.S. has permanently 2 based throughout the region. They are prepared to respond if tensions with Iran escalate 3 into direct military action.

The Iranian military exercises this January are meant to show Tehran’s fire power. However, analysts 5 say that after years of international sanctions, Iran would struggle to fight a war with its aging hardware.

"A lot of it was supplied at the time of the Shah. Others are relatively 6 low quality imports from China and Russia. It has almost no modern surface-to-air missile capabilities 7. Virtually all of its major combat ships date back to the time of the Shah and have had only limited refitting," explained defense 8 analyst 4 Anthony Cordesman.

But that weakness has not stopped Iran from making threats to close the Strait of Hormuz. It also warned U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS John C. Stennis, not to return to the Persian Gulf 9.

The United States says there is room for diplomacy 10, but its forces will not allow an Iranian blockade.

"We cannot tolerate Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz, and that's a red line," said U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

The U.S. also warned Iran against developing nuclear weapons, something that could trigger an attack by Israel.

Without powerful or modern equipment, Iran would resort to what analysts say are asymmetric 11 warfare 12 capabilities - small boats, mines and missiles that could be used in small scale, hit-and-run attacks on U.S. forces.

They say a full scale offensive could cost Iran the destruction of its armed forces in a matter of days, in the event of war with the U.S. or Israel.

"The balance of power between the United States and Iran and between Israel and Iran is overwhelmingly in the favor of the United States and Israel," said defense analyst Bruce Riedel.

Iran has plenty of reasons not to engage the U.S. and its allies in a full-scale confrontation 13, but if it does, U.S. officials say they are ready.



a.摆好姿势不动的
  • The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋,准备俯冲。
  • Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张,手悬在电话机上。
adv.永恒地,永久地,固定不变地
  • The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
  • The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
v.(使)逐步增长(或发展),(使)逐步升级
  • It would tempt Israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级。
  • Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
n.能力( capability的名词复数 );可能;容量;[复数]潜在能力
  • 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
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • 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。
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • 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。
n.外交;外交手腕,交际手腕
  • The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
  • This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
a.不对称的
  • Most people's faces are asymmetric. 大多数人的脸不对称。
  • We have made no reference to asymmetric carbon atoms. 我们未曾涉及不对称碳原子。
n.战争(状态);斗争;冲突
  • He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
  • Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。
n.对抗,对峙,冲突
  • We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
  • After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后,他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
学英语单词
adaptive estimation system
Aleuria
analecta
auranthin
autoinfections
bipolar HVDC control system
blanket mortgage
Board of Admiralty
bomb-crater
breathing valve
Butyl-3-methylpyrazine
cactus type grab
casting radius
cemented copper
civilianizations
climatic soil formation
clinandrial
closed complex
concertinists
Croixian series
crude wastewater
demetricize
denunciable
deodourises
design quota of special tooling
digital display
diver's lead weight
downward-arching
dystopia canthorum
electrostatic atomization
estate for years
eutomous
executable source code
exterplexes
filtering surface
floating channel realignment
full sleeve
gathering economy
haldeman
hassleholm
himatia
honeycomb-radiator
instruction-oriented algorithms
intra-uterine monitoring
IPX external network number
irregular settlement
Jatimalang
lobinaline
loose couplings
Lysionotus ikedae
main-water
Marouini, R.
melasma suprarenale
military ratings
milling frolics
mining expense
misreceives
Mitchellsburg
Mucuna membranacea
myxosporangium
negative screening
nuclear pumping
obligation to disclose
of publication
orthohydrous maceral
over to you
oxicam
P-anisidine value
pattern bit
play horse with
precollageous fibre
Prectice
process sampling system
pteropodium
radical trap
rebuilds
rechoose
rib spacing
SADARM
sandwiched area of double fracture zone
schneider electric
sdr's
segmented spring ring
self-check function
serial film changer
siagonology
skear
solar electric technology
spherical mirror
split rock
the-naze
thinhead
tire-brain
tracklayer tractor
trademark registration certificate
transmigrable
treasance
Unalakleet Indian Reservation
undefinability
unequal crossing over
vacuoscope
waitering