图片新闻【93】钢铁贸易争端

European Commissioner for Trade Pascal Lamy, left, makes a point while speaking during a joint news conference with President of the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries Guy Dolle, right, and Trade Union Representative Reinhard Kuhlmann, center, at the EU Charlemagne building in Brussels, Monday, March 11, 2002. EU foreign ministers on Monday gave their full backing to Lamy in the trans-Atlantic steel dispute over the U.S. decision to impose punitive tariffs on imports. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

【世博翻译】

2002年3月11日在布鲁塞尔的欧盟Charleamgne大厦内欧洲贸易委员帕司卡尔. 拉米(左)和欧洲钢铁工业联盟主席(右)以及工会代表代表(中)举行了联合新闻发布会,图为帕司卡尔. 拉米正在阐明其观点.周一欧盟各国的外交部长就拉米对美国在跨大西洋钢铁贸易争端上的立场表示全力支持.美国决定对进口的钢铁产品实行严厉关税,对此拉米表示强烈反对.

注释:

(1)punitive:

1.惩罚性的:a punitive action惩罚性行动;punitive laws刑法
2.严厉的,苛刻的punitive taxes苛捐杂税

(2)dispute:v,n

1.争论,辩论:How dare you dispute against my orders?你怎感对我的命令表示异议?
2.吵架:The robbers disputed over the stolen goods.那些盗贼为分赃而争吵
3.反对:dispute a proposal反对一项建议.
4.争夺:Our army dispute every inch of ground.我军寸土必争.

beyound dispute:无庸质疑的,The boundary has been fixed beyound dispute.边界业已明确勘定.