[E316]The world this week|经济学人
节选自《经济学人》2016年第2期
The world this week版块
January 9th 2016
▷North Korea claimed to have detonated a thermonuclear[热核的;热核武器的], or hydrogen[氢], weapon underground. It was the rogue country’s fourth nuclear test since 2006, though international experts questioned the claim, arguing that it may have been a smaller “boosted-fission[裂变]” explosion instead. Reports that the North had fired a missile from a submarine[潜艇; 海底生物] for the first time also surfaced. China, North Korea’s supposed ally, expressed anger at the test.
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▷detonate [ˈdɛtn:ˌet]
v. 使爆炸; 使触发; 爆炸; 触发
Two other bombs failed to detonate.
另外两枚炸弹未引爆。
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▷rogue [roʊg]
n. 流氓，无赖
He's a bit of a rogue, but very charming.
他好捣蛋，但却很讨人喜欢。
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▷A French journalist left China after the government refused to renew her press credentials[记者证]. She was the first foreign journalist resident in China to be forced to leave the country since 2012. The government objected to her reporting on the suppression[压制;镇压] of ethnic Uighurs[维吾尔人], a mostly Muslim minority in the west of China.
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▷credentials [krəˈdenʃlz]
n. 凭证;证件;证书
Please show your credentials.
请出示证件.
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▷China announced it was building an aircraft-carrier[航空母舰] entirely from domestic technology. It has only one such ship, which was built in the Soviet Union.