2022-03-15 08:02:15
UK and US
intelligence officials have warned there is "
serious concern" Russia could use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine.
intelligence（名詞）：可以指＂智慧＂，但呢度係指＂情報＂
official（名詞）：人員
serious（形容詞）：嚴重的
concern（名詞）：憂慮
Western
allies have accused President Vladimir Putin and his
forces of
planning a "
false flag" operation, which would use a false
claim that Ukraine has such weapons as an
excuse for Russia to
deploy its own.
ally（名詞）：盟友
force（名詞）：動詞形態時可指＂力量＂，但名詞形態時指嘅係"部隊＂
plan（動詞）：計劃
false flag：（為嫁禍他人嘅）假旗行動
claim（名詞）：說話
excuse（名詞）：藉口
deploy（動詞）：部署
Prime Minister Boris Johnson described the
strategy as "
straight out of their
playbook", as it is the same one Russian-
backed Bashar al-Assad used for
carrying out chemical attacks during the
civil war in
Syria.
strategy（名詞）：策略
straight out：直接了當地，不拐彎抹角地
playbook（名詞）：被認為適用於特定活動（如戰爭）嘅一組規則、方法。playbook係形容緊俄羅打仗時常用嘅策略
back（動詞）：可以指"後面＂，但呢度係指"支持＂
Bashar al-Assad：巴沙爾·阿塞德。現任敘利亞總統，獨裁者。四度連任總統，而總統大選被國際組織多次批評為fraudulent
carry out（phrasal verb）：執行，實行
civil war（名詞）：內戰
Syria：敍利亞
Why does the West think Russia will use chemical weapons in Ukraine?
Although it is signed up to the
1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, which
bans it from
developing, using or
stockpiling them, Russia is still known to have used them.
1997 Chemical Weapons Convention：禁止化學武器公約
ban（動詞）：禁止
develop（動詞）：發展
stockpile（動詞）：儲備，貯存
Pentagon and
Ministry of Defence intelligence
chiefs have
repeatedly warned the
Kremlin is
fabricating claims Ukraine and its Western allies have chemical or
bioweapons.
Pentagon：五角大樓，即係指美國國防部
Ministry of Defence：國防部
chief（名詞）：局長，部長
repeatedly（副詞）：多次地
Kremlin：克里姆林宮。借代，指嘅係俄羅斯政府
fabricate（動詞）：捏造，偽造
bioweapon（名詞）：生化武器
They say Mr Putin wants to use that as
justification for using
similar weapons on the Ukrainian people. Russia first started making these accusations last year - before the
invasion.
justification（名詞）：辯解，合理化
similar（形容詞）：類似的
invasion（名詞）：入侵
On 21 December, Russian
defence minister Sergei Shoigu said there were 120 US
mercenaries in the
occupied Donbas region of east Ukraine that had been given "
tanks of
chemicals to commit
provocations".
defence minister：國防部部長
mercenary（名詞）：傭兵
occupied（形容詞）：被佔領的
tank（名詞）：容器
chemical（名詞）：化學品
provocation（名詞）：挑釁
One week into the
conflict on 3 March, his
colleague foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said US intelligence officials were worried fighting could result in its chemical and biological facilities there being
damaged.
conflict（名詞）：衝突
colleague（名詞）：同事
foreign minister：外交部部長
damage（動詞）：損毀
The US has no chemical or biological facilities inside Ukraine - it just helps it
safeguard its
non-
military biological
laboratories.
safeguard（動詞）：捍衛，保護
non-military：非軍事用途的
laboratory（名詞）：實驗室
The US
dismissed the claims as "
absurd propaganda", for which there is zero evidence.
dismiss（動詞）：駁回
absurd（形容詞）：荒唐的
propaganda（名詞）：https://t.me/TwitterEnglishDep/156
In his
latest daily
address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy added: "No chemical or any other weapons of
mass destructions were developed on my land. The whole world knows that."
latest（形容詞）：最新的
address（名詞）：可以指＂地址＂，但呢度係指＂講話，演說＂
mass（形容詞）：大型的
destruction（名詞）：破壞
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-what-chemical-and-biological-weapons-could-russia-have-and-what-has-it-used-before-12563036
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