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我的微博：@译鸣Babel我的微信公众号：i-babbler文章1：美国对中国造岛无能为力作者：FT专栏作家戴维?皮林英文标题：The US is powerless to call Beijing’s bluff in South China Seabluff 欺骗，误导，吓唬，虚张声势call ones bluff ：to challenge in order to expose an empty pretense or threatconverting several submerged reefs and rocks into fully fledged “islands”描述中方在南海的填海造岛（Beijing’s land-reclamation efforts）dwarf通过比较使显得矮小Philippines and Vietnam菲律宾和越南have rival claims to the nearby Spratly Islands.南海争端与中方对立的诉求叫：rival claims。Spratly Islands 即南沙群岛。pier：（伸入海﹑湖等的）码头，突码头。同义词：jetty：（供散步游乐的）突堤（常设有餐厅及娱乐场所）harbour港口multistorey buildings 多层建筑Fiery Cross Reef永暑礁at ones/sbs disposal ：available for one/sb to use as one wishes 供任意使用; 可自行支配例句：Students have a well-stocked library at their disposal. 学生有个藏书丰富的图书馆, 非常方便.The splurge of activity has set alarm bells ringing.敲响警报/拉响警钟可以这么表达。Aquino阿基诺likened China’s activity to Nazi Germany’s annexation of Czechoslovakialiken... to... 把…比作out of step with international norms与国际规范脱节fly, sail and operate文中这里的operate 指（在某一地区）作战，执行任务。例句：This freed the Austrian army to operate against the French. 这使得奥地利军队可以对法军作战。conferto officially give someone a title etc, especially as a reward for something they have achieved：confer a title/degree/honouretc关于“正式的/官方的给”有这几个词：accord, award, bestow, grant, presentclaimant申请人，要求者，索要者cease （正式）停止land reclamation描述各国在南海的填海造岛行为beg the questiona）to make you want to ask a question that has not yet been answeredb）to treat an idea as though it were true or had been proved, when this may not be the caseshow a united front展示一个统一阵线（front 在这里为名词，指阵线、联盟）Yet China’s island reclamation programme has proceeded apace. 然而中国的填海造岛工程没有丝毫放缓的迹象。（proceed apace 继续快速进行）the truth will be out就会真相大白the US speaks loudly but carries a small stick.美国只是大声嚷嚷，不会动真格overtly 公然，公开地industrial scale工业规模Nor is China’s claim to the Spratlys entirely spurious中国对斯普拉特利群岛的主权主张也并非完全没有依据（注意原文句式）Brunei文莱proximity （formal） nearness in distance or time 邻近Yet proximity is not always decisive as Argentina can testify in relation t