(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said on Tuesday that North Korea's Jan. 6 nuclear test did not expand its technical capability,
周二美国导弹防御局负责人表示，朝鲜1月6日进行的核试验并没有扩大其技术能力。
but the U.S. government is keeping a close eye on Pyongyang's efforts to develop a thermonuclear warhead capable of reaching the United States.
但美国政府正在密切关注平壤努力发展的能够打到美国的热核弹头。
Vice Admiral James Syring told an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, "I would assess that their technical capability has not increased.
副海军上将杰姆斯告诉战略与国际研究中心主持，我评估朝鲜的技术能力没有增加。
That said, everything that they're doing continues to be alarming and provoking.
也就是说，他们正在做的一切继续是在扰乱人心和挑衅。
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词汇解析
1、capability
能力;素质
People experience differences in physical and mental capability depending on the time of day.
在一天当中的不同时间,人的体力和脑力也会有所差异。
The standards set four years ago in Seoul will be far below the athletes' capabilities now.
4年前在首尔制定的标准将远远低于目前运动员的水平。
(国家的)军事力量
Their military capability has been reduced because their air force has proved not to be effective.
由于空军战斗力不够强大，他们的军事实力有所下降。
They have the capability to destroy the enemy in days rather than weeks.
他们有能力在几天内,而不是几个星期内消灭敌人。
2、capable
有…能力的;能够…的
He appeared hardly capable of conducting a coherent conversation.
他好像连话都说不清楚。
The kitchen is capable of catering for several hundred people.
厨房能同时容纳数百人进餐。
熟练的;胜任的;有能力的
She's a very capable speaker.
她能说会道。
Her husband was such a fine, capable man.
她丈夫又体贴又能干。
