(单词翻译:单击)
Welcome to the Voice of America's “News Words”, where we teach you about words you hear in the news.
欢迎收看美国之音“新闻词汇”,在这里我们会教您新闻中会听到的词汇。
This is a word you sometimes hear in stories about the armed forces of nations: convoy.
这是一个你有时会在关于国家军队的新闻报道中会听到的词:车队。
Last week, videos surfaced on YouTube of three modern, T-64 tanks -- clanking through the streets of rebel-controlled Donetsk.
上周,视频网站YouTube上出现了几段视频,画面中显示,三辆现代T-64坦克穿过反对派控制顿涅茨克市街道,轧轧作响。
Then, NATO released satellite photos indicating that the tanks came from southern Russia as part of a larger weapons convoy that included rocket launchers.
之后,北约组织发布了卫星照片,照片显示,坦克来自俄罗斯南部,只是庞大武器车队的一部分,车队中还包括火箭发射装置。
A convoy is a group of vehicles traveling together for protection.
车队是一组以保护为目的一同行进的交通工具。
In this story, the convoy was from Russia. And it included heavy military vehicles.
在这个报道中,车队来自俄罗斯。其中包括重型军用车辆。
Now, when you hear the word “convoy”, you will know what this News Word means.
现在,当你听到车队这个词的时候,你就知道这个新闻词汇的意思了。