VOA标准英语2012--Pentagon Prepares for Deep Budget Cuts
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
Pentagon Prepares for Deep Budget Cuts
The cuts are set to be massive, $50 billion a year for 10 years, and so are the consequences.
That's the warning from officials including the nation's top military officer, General Martin Dempsey.
"We can't yet say precisely 1 how bad the damage would be, but it is clear that sequestration would risk hollowing out our force and reducing its military options available to the nation. We would go from being unquestionably powerful everywhere to being less visibly globally and presenting less of an overmatch to our adversaries 2, and that would translate into a different deterrent 3 calculus 4 and potentially, therefore, increase the likelihood of conflict," Dempsey said.
Visibility is a central part of U.S. strategy, which calls for shifting more forces to the Pacific, where the cuts would mean the Navy would have to slash 5 the number of vessels 6 operating in the region.
Other areas to be hit: research, technology, weapons, and training. Automatic cuts would not include troop reductions. The result, commanders say: a large number of people in uniform but insufficient 7 training and equipment to support them.
The cuts would be on top of $487 billion the Pentagon has already slashed 8. Defense 9 Secretary Leon Panetta has warned sequestration reductions will destroy President Obama's new defense strategy and weaken national defense.
"I can't reduce the budget by half a trillion dollars and frankly 10 not increase risk," Panetta said.
On this, the president's adversaries on Capitol Hill agree.
Republican Kelly Ayotte is a member of both the Senate Budget and Armed Services Committees. She worries the perception of a weakened military will encourage terrorists and rogue 11 nations to attack U.S. interests.
"The numbers speak for themselves, but the message that it sends in terms of encouraging other people to act further and act badly is not a good one in terms of the safety of America," Ayotte said.
Nearly 80,000 Defense Department civilian 12 jobs are at risk. Pentagon officials hope to avert 13 layoffs 14. They are instead considering asking employees to take up to a month off from work without pay.
- It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
- The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
- That would cause potential adversaries to recoil from a challenge. 这会迫使潜在的敌人在挑战面前退缩。 来自辞典例句
- Every adversaries are more comfortable with a predictable, coherent America. 就连敌人也会因有可以预料的，始终一致的美国而感到舒服得多。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- This is a problem where calculus won't help at all.对于这一题，微积分一点也用不上。
- After studying differential calculus you will be able to solve these mathematical problems.学了微积分之后，你们就能够解这些数学题了。
- The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
- Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
- The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
- In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。
- Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
- He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
- Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。
- The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
- They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
- I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。