每日一篇 4.15

spark：引发了

full -blown:全面

avert：避免

retaliation：报复

stakes：风险

arid plains：干旱的平原

The huge salvo of：大量的发射

explosion of a full-blown regional war：全面地区战争的爆发

diplomatic signaling ：外交信号

 barrage：炮火

 put the march toward a wider conflagration on hold：暂停走向更广泛的大火的进程

on hold：暂停

pressing to ：敦促

in calls：呼吁

For all the steps toward the brink：走到了边缘

stop short of the precipice：止步悬崖

 deescalating the crisis：缓和危机

measured：衡量

speaking on condition of anonymity：匿名

against retaliation：反对报复

logic might not prevail：逻辑可能不占上风

 one wildcard is the pressure on：一个不确定因素是xx的压力

hardliners：强硬派

defeating：击败

calibrated：精心设计的

 latest assault ：最近的袭击

 dramatic escalation：急剧升级

proxies：代理人

with its main regional rival.：与主要的地区的竞争对手

dared：敢

repulsed the attack：击退袭击

looming：迫在眉睫

 thrust the world economy into recession.：导致世界经济陷入衰退

a spiraling conflict ：冲击升级

preceded the operation：在行动前

 its intent to retaliate：他要报复的意图

knowledge of the briefings：对简报的了解

touted the operation：称这次行动

 blamed that hit on：将xx归结于xx

defeated the onslaught：击败了袭击

 military prowess：军事实力

in the wake of：在xx之后

escalating public criticism：不断升级的公众批评

resist the desire :抵制欲望

erupt into a full scale war：爆发为全面战争

miscalculation：误判

crushing attack：毁灭性袭击

endorse that appeal：赞同这一呼吁

clamoring for a quick flex of the muscle：呼吁迅速展示实力

brutal：残酷

hostages：人质

entrenched ：盘踞

refugees are sheltering.：难民庇护

following xxx’s assault：在袭击后

 evacuated：疏散

deterrence：威慑

a new escalatory cycle：心得升级周期

tips into ：从而引发

steer clear of their territory.：避开领土

 have a limited role：有限作用

 demonstrate restraint:表现克制

 awe：敬畏

formally qualifies as xxx：正式成为...

desperate ：迫切希望

underlined：强调

 matched xxx’s public threats with warnings of its own：在公开威胁的同时也发出来自己的警告

imminent：即将发生

dispatched：派遣

potentially devastating：潜在的破坏性

The lack of damage and casualties：没有破坏和人员伤亡

naval assets：海军资产