2019-05-03

China throws a revealing party for the anniversary of its navy
Its maritime ambitions are becoming more evident
原文来源：The Economist 2019-4-27

Article

https://frankzhougq.github.io/article/TE-2019-05-03/

Notes

involved in territorial disputes with China
领土争议

ships bristling with weaponry
装满武器的

bandit-infested waters.
土匪出没的

Then came the bit which many Chinese viewers probably preferred: shots of their newest warships, dwarfing foreign visitors.
使相形见绌

glided past the destroyer
滑行；驱逐舰

Comrades, greetings!
同志们好

aircraft-carrier.
航母

the handsome, fog-shrouded port city of Qingdao
美丽的，可以用来形容城市、房子等；雾气缭绕的

A mighty navy offers China a double benefit
双重好处

ward off seaborne threats

ward sb/ sth↔'off
to protect or defend yourself against danger, illness, attack, etc. 防止，避免，使防止（危险、疾病、攻击等）
to ward off criticism
受到批评后为自己开脱

project power over far horizons
投射影响力于

In 1990 China’s then-president,
当时的主席

pored over the theories

pore over sth to look at or read sth very carefully 仔细打量；审视；认真研读；审阅 SYNEXAMINE
His lawyers are poring over the small print in the contract.
他的律师们正在审阅合同上的小号字。

access to far-flung bases
遥远的

Mahan was a prescient man.
预知的、先觉的

United States is not ready to grant China status matching that power.

A balance must be reached