今天吃的是尼加拉瓜

LearnAndRecord 2022-07-26

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尼加拉瓜（Nicaragua）外交部9日下午发表声明，宣布与台湾断绝“外交关系”。声明说，世界上只有一个中国，中华人民共和国是代表中国的唯一合法政府，台湾是中国领土不可分割的一部分。尼加拉瓜自即日起断绝与台湾的“外交关系”并停止与台湾的一切接触和官方联系。

尼加拉瓜（Nicaragua），是位于中美洲的一个国家，为中美地峡面积最大的国家，北邻洪都拉斯，南边是哥斯达黎加，东临加勒比海，西面太平洋。（官方语言：西班牙语）

无注释原文：

Nicaragua cuts ties with Taiwan in favour of Beijing

BBC & AP NEWS

Nicaragua has become the latest country to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China.

Taiwan said it was "deeply saddened", adding that Nicaragua had "disregarded [their] many years of friendship".

It comes as the US State Department on Friday called for democracies to "expand engagement with Taiwan".

Taiwan's list of international allies has dwindled from 21 down to 14 since Tsai Ing-wen took office in May 2016.

"Nicaragua today breaks diplomatic relations with Taiwan and ceases to have any contact or official relationship," said Nicaragua's foreign ministry, adding that it "recognises that there is only one single China".

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying praised Nicaragua's decision, calling it the "right choice ... in line with the global trend" adding that it "has people's support".

The Nicaraguan government signed an official communique to re-establish diplomatic ties with China in Tianjin on Friday, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Under the agreement, Nicaragua promises not to have any official contact with Taiwan going forward.

“This is the right choice that is in line with the global trend and has people’s support. China highly appreciates this decision,” China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

“We won yet another beautiful battle,” China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian wrote on his personal Weibo account, while sharing a video of Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Colindres reading the statement saying that Taiwan is an “inalienable” part of China.

Zhao called the change part of “an irresistible trend.”

Before Nicaragua, the Pacific Island nations of Kiribati and the Solomon Islands were the latest countries to cut ties with Taiwan in favour of China in 2019.

China also downgraded diplomatic relations with Lithuania in November, days after the Baltic state allowed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy there.

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注：中文文本为机器翻译仅供参考，并非一一对应

含注释全文：

Nicaragua cuts ties with Taiwan in favour of Beijing

BBC & AP NEWS

Nicaragua has become the latest country to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China.

尼加拉瓜（Nicaragua）是最新一个与台湾断绝外交关系以支持中国的国家。

diplomatic

表示“外交的”，英文解释为“involving diplomats or the management of the relationships between countries”如：diplomatic negotiations 外交谈判。

cut ties with sb.

表示“与……切断联系；与……断绝关系”，英文解释为“To end or discontinue a relationship—romantic or otherwise—with someone or some group.”

Taiwan said it was "deeply saddened", adding that Nicaragua had "disregarded [their] many years of friendship".

台湾省表示，“深感悲哀”，并补充说，尼加拉瓜“无视[他们]多年的友谊”。

disregard

表示“不理会；不顾；漠视；对…置之不理”，英文解释为“to not consider sth; to treat sth as unimportant”举个🌰：

Safety rules were disregarded.

安全规定被忽视了。

It comes as the US State Department on Friday called for democracies to "expand engagement with Taiwan".

此前，美国国务院在周五呼吁民主国家“扩大与台湾省的接触”。

Taiwan's list of international allies has dwindled from 21 down to 14 since Tsai Ing-wen took office in May 2016.

自2016年5月蔡英文（Tsai Ing-wen）上任以来，台湾的国际盟友名单已从21个减少到14个。

dwindle

dwindle /ˈdwɪndəl/表示“逐渐减少，缩小，变小”（to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller）举个🌰：

The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 1,000 to a few hundred.

该厂的工人总数已从1000多减少到了几百人。

表示降低，减少的词经常出现，比如：

📍fall表示“（水平、数量、价格等，尤指较大幅度地）下跌，下降，降低”（to go down to a lower level, amount, price etc, especially a much lower one）

📍slide表示“（价格等）下滑，下跌”（if prices, amounts, rates etc slide, they become lower）

📍diminish表示“（使）减少，（使）减小”（to become or make something become smaller or less）

📍dip表示“降低，减少”，英文解释为“if an amount or level dips, it becomes less, usually for just a short time”，如：Profits dipped slightly last year. 去年利润略有降低。

take office

take office/take up office表示“就职，上任”，英文解释为“to begin the job or responsibility of one in a position of authority especially in the government”举个🌰：

The minister took up office in December.

部长是在12月份上任的。

尼加拉瓜外交部说：“尼加拉瓜今天与台湾断绝外交关系，并停止一切接触和官方联系，”并补充说，它“承认只有一个中国”。

cease

表示“停止，中止”，英文解释为“to stop something”举个🌰：

The company has decided to cease all UK operations after this year.

公司决定从明年开始停止一切在英国的业务活动。

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying praised Nicaragua's decision, calling it the "right choice ... in line with the global trend" adding that it "has people's support".

中国外交部发言人华春莹赞扬了尼加拉瓜的决定，称这是“正确的选择......符合全球趋势”，并补充说它“得到了人民的支持”。

in line with

表示“与…相似；与…处于同等水平”，英文解释为“similar to, or at the same level as something”举个🌰：

The company's results are in line with stock market expectations.

公司业绩与股票市场预期一致。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇讲述美团点评和拼多多的文章中提到：Bernstein, a research firm, expects it to be 18% by 2024, in line with JD.com. 研究公司盛博预计到2024年它将占18%，与京东相当。

据中国中央电视台报道，周五尼加拉瓜政府在天津签署了一份与中国重建外交关系的官方公报。根据该协议，尼加拉瓜承诺今后不与台湾进行任何官方接触。

communiqué

communiqué /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪ/ 表示“公报”，英文解释为“an official piece of news or an announcement, especially to the public or newspapers”举个🌰：

The palace has issued a communiqué denying the rumour.

王室已发布了辟谣的公报。

going forward

表示“（尤指在商务活动中）未来”，英文解释为“used, especially in business, to mean 'in the future'”举个🌰：

This could become a problem going forward.

未来这可能成为一个问题。

“This is the right choice that is in line with the global trend and has people's support. China highly appreciates this decision,” China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

“这是顺应大势、合乎民心的正确抉择。中方对此表示高度赞赏，”中国外交部说。

“We won yet another beautiful battle,” China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian wrote on his personal Weibo account, while sharing a video of Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Colindres reading the statement saying that Taiwan is an “inalienable” part of China.

“又打了一个漂亮仗，”中国外交部发言人赵立坚在其个人微博上写道，同时分享了尼加拉瓜外长丹尼斯·蒙卡达（Denis Moncada Colindres）宣读声明的视频，称台湾是中国领土“不可分割的”一部分。

inalienable

inalienable /ɪnˈeɪljənəbəl/ 表示“（权利、权力等）不可剥夺的；不能转让的”，英文解释为“an inalienable right, power etc cannot be taken from you”，如：the inalienable right to decide your own future 不可剥夺的决定自己未来的权利。

Zhao called the change part of “an irresistible trend.”

赵立坚称这一改变是“大势所趋”。

irresistible

1）表示“无法抗拒的；非常诱人的”，英文解释为“so attractive, desirable etc that you cannot prevent yourself from wanting it”，举个🌰：

Tax-cutting proposals could prove irresistible to lawmakers.

减税议案可能最终会让立法者无法抗拒其诱惑。

2）表示“（力量太强大而）不可遏止的；不可避免的”，英文解释为“too strong or powerful to be stopped or prevented ”，举个🌰：

I was overcome by an irresistible urge to cry.

我控制不住想大哭一场。

Before Nicaragua, the Pacific Island nations of Kiribati and the Solomon Islands were the latest countries to cut ties with Taiwan in favour of China in 2019.

在尼加拉瓜之前，太平洋岛国基里巴斯（Kiribati）和所罗门群岛（Solomon Islands）是2019年最新与台湾断绝关系而支持中国的国家。

China also downgraded diplomatic relations with Lithuania in November, days after the Baltic state allowed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy there.

11月，中国把与立陶宛（Lithuania）的外交关系降为代办级，此前几天这个波罗的海国家允许台湾在那里设立“驻立陶宛台湾代表处”。

downgrade

表示“（使）降级；（使）降职；贬低；轻视”，英文解释为“to reduce someone or something to a lower rank or position, or to cause something to be considered less important or valuable”举个🌰：

My job's been downgraded to that of ordinary editor.

我已经被降为普通编辑了。

Baltic

表示“波罗的海（的）”，英文解释为“a sea between central and northern Europe”。

de facto

de facto /ˌdeɪ ˈfæktoʊ/ 表示“事实上的，实际上的”，英文解释为“existing in fact, although perhaps not intended, legal, or accepted”举个🌰：

The city is rapidly becoming the de facto centre of the financial world.

这座城市正在迅速成为事实上的金融中心。

embassy

embassy /ˈembəsi/ 表示“大使及其随员；大使馆”，英文解释为“An embassy is a group of government officials, headed by an ambassador, who represent their government in a foreign country. The building in which they work is also called an embassy.”举个🌰：

The embassy has already complained.

大使馆已经提出抗议。

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