中印边界蜿蜒曲折,跨越了地球上一些最高的山脉。这条未正式确定的边界沿线上的军事活动很难得到核实。
Military activities along the unofficial border, which zigs and zags through some of the highest mountain ranges on earth, are difficult to verify.
unofficial border = unmarked border
fire warning shots 鸣枪威胁
grave 严重的,重大的,严峻的
The police have expressed grave concern about the missing child's safety.
We were in grave danger.
I fear you are making a very grave mistake.
The consequences will be very grave if nothing is done.
provocation 挑衅,激怒,挑衅的话
据中国军方的一份声明,印度军队周一“悍然对前出交涉的中国边防部队巡逻人员鸣枪威胁”。中国称,印度的行为是“严重的军事挑衅行为,性质非常恶劣”。
According to a statement from the Chinese military, Indian troops on Monday "took the outrageous step of firing warning shots" near a Chinese border patrol. India's actions, the Chinese said, were a grave military provocation of a vile character.
然而,印度官员否认本国士兵鸣枪,并说是中国人打破了不使用枪支的传统,该协议已经存在了几十年。
Indian officials, however, denied their soldiers had fired any shots and said it was the Chinese who broke the long tradition of refraining from using firearms, a protocal in place for decades.
refrain 避免,忍住,克制
Please refrain from smoking.
阅读中要做的:
了解句子的主干
了解本段的核心意思
了解段间关系
这也是「精读」中要包含的,我们有太多人把「精读」变成了词汇积累...,
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