day 137alliances and sanctions
unit 20 · war, peace & the worldalliances and sanctions
Talk about international relations in a neutral way (alliances, aid, sanctions, sovereignty) and build long, linked sentences that you close with 總的來說 or 綜上所述.
today’s words
- 聯盟 liánméng · alliance; league
- 專制 zhuānzhì · autocratic, despotic
- 俘虜 fúlǔ · prisoner of war; capture
- 戰略 zhànlüè · strategy
- 迫害 pòhài · persecute
- 陣營 zhènyíng · camp, side (in a conflict or debate)
- 干涉 gānshè · interfere, meddle
- 會談 huìtán · hold talks
- 介入 jièrù · intervene, get involved
- 元首 yuánshǒu · head of state
- 中立 zhōnglì · neutral
- 援助 yuánzhù · aid, help (a country, people in need)
- 戒備 jièbèi · be on the alert, be on guard
- 制裁 zhìcái · sanction, punish
- 共和國 gònghéguó · republic
- 主權 zhǔquán · sovereignty
- 教員 jiàoyuán · teaching staff, teacher
- 空談 kōngtán · empty talk; just talk
- 啟 qǐ · open (written); start
- 入世 rùshì · engaged with the world
- 溫馴 wēnxún · docile, tame
- 有理 yǒulǐ · reasonable, in the right
- 志趣 zhìqù · aspirations and interests
sentences
- 小雯在會議上要保持中立。 · Xiaowen has to stay neutral at the conference.
- 和平不能只是空談。 · Peace can’t just be talk.
- 代表們自世界各地來到臺北。 · The delegates are coming to Taipei from all over the world.
- 會議那幾天，會場附近戒備很嚴。 · During the conference, security around the venue is very tight.
- 你說得有理，我們就這麼辦。 · You have a point: let’s do it that way.