Iran borders the strait of hormuz , conduit for roughly two - fifths of all globally traded oil 伊朗面靠霍爾木茲海峽,霍爾木茲海峽承載了大約5分之2的全球石油貿(mào)易運(yùn)輸。
By traveling to hormuz in the persian gulf and to mecca , zheng he brought eastern culture to the edge of the western world 鄭和航海到了霍爾木茲海峽和麥加,把東方文化帶到西方世界的東邊。
Blocking the straits of hormuz would be one military option for iran if the dispute over its nuclear programme were to escalate 如果關(guān)于伊朗核問(wèn)題的爭(zhēng)議升級(jí),封鎖霍爾木茲海峽將是伊朗的一種軍事選擇。
But threats to close the strait of hormuz , through which roughly a quarter of the world ' s oil supplies passes , send shivers through oil markets 伊朗發(fā)出的威脅要關(guān)閉霍爾木茲海峽的消息更是引起了石油市場(chǎng)的振蕩,因?yàn)楣?yīng)到全世界的石油大約四份之一從這里經(jīng)過(guò)。
Iran ' s announcement that it had tested a new torpedo in war games in the strait of hormuz yesterday pushed international oil prices to their highest levels since hurricane katrina 伊朗昨日宣布在霍爾木茲海峽軍事演習(xí)中試射了一種新型魚(yú)雷,這一消息將國(guó)際油價(jià)推至卡特里娜颶風(fēng)以來(lái)的最高水平。
If the nuclear dispute with iran were to escalate so that , say , the straits of hormuz were blocked and crude jumped to $ 100 a barrel , investor confidence would take a hit 如果伊朗核問(wèn)題進(jìn)一步升溫,那么霍爾木茲海峽窘迫的形勢(shì)將繼續(xù)保持,原油降格將飆升至每桶100美元,投資者的信心也將會(huì)遭受重重一擊。
Iran could fire hundreds of missiles at israel , attack american forces in iraq and afghanistan , organise terrorist attacks in the west or choke off tanker traffic through the strait of hormuz , the world ' s oil windpipe 伊朗可能向以色列發(fā)射數(shù)百枚導(dǎo)彈,襲擊美國(guó)在伊拉克和阿富汗的駐軍,在西方組織恐怖襲擊,或切斷霍爾木茲海峽的油輪通道。
We are working closely with other nations to prevent further attacks . america and coalition countries have uncovered and stopped terrorist conspiracies targeting the american embassy in yemen , the american embassy in singapore , a saudi military base , ships in the straits of hormuz and the straits the gibraltar 我們正在同其他國(guó)家密切合作,防止受到進(jìn)一步的攻擊。美國(guó)和聯(lián)盟成員國(guó)已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)并制止了幾起恐怖主義陰謀,其攻擊目標(biāo)是美國(guó)駐也門使館、美國(guó)駐新加坡使館、在沙特阿拉伯的一個(gè)軍事基地,以及在霍爾木茲海峽和直布羅陀海峽的船只。