PEC军事英语证书考试(PEC)术语解释.doc

PEC军事英语证书考试术语解释 neutral country 中立国：The Taliban insisted they would not be bullied into handing over bin Laden, but said he could be given to a neutral country if Washington provided evidence linking him to last months suicide plane attacks. air raid 空袭：The air raids have sparked an exodus of people from cities -- many heading toward Pakistan with belongings piled hastily onto donkeys and camels. strip the citizenship 取消国籍：Kuwait decided Sunday to strip the citizenship of the spokesman who appeared in the tapes, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a former Kuwaiti teacher. all-out attack 全面进攻：The United States and its partners have been urging the opposition to avoid launching an all-out attack on Kabul until a broad-based government can be formed to replace the Taliban. extremist 极端分子：On Sunday, thousands of Muslim extremists converged on the city of Jacobabad, site of one of two airfields that Pakistani officials privately say the Americans have been allowed to use to support the campaign, though not to launch attacks on Afghanistan. shrapnel 流霰弹：He said a bomb or missile had exploded nearby and shrapnel landed on his house. commando 突击队：Talibans troops hit as allies plan for commando raids. military capabilities 军事能力：President Bush gave a live televised address after the strikes began, saying U.S. and British forces were taking targeted actions against Taliban military capabilities and al-Qaida. hand over 交出：In the days following the strikes at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the president had issued a series of demands for the Taliban to hand over bin Laden. fortification 防御工事：The head of an Afghan opposition group office in Iran said more than 200 U.S. and British missiles hit Afghanistan and devastated Talibans fortifications in Kandahar, Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif. infidel 异教徒：Later, Taliban Deputy Defense Minister Mullah Noor Ali said the people of Afghanistan will resist. They will never accept the rule of infidels. jihad 圣战（伊斯兰教徒对异教徒的战争）：The influential and Tali