霍尔木兹海峡

Two US navy vessels collided Friday in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran.

两艘美国军舰周六在伊朗附近的霍尔木兹海峡相撞。

He also reiterated a warning that Iran could respond to any attack by closing the Strait of Hormuz, through which a quarter of the world's oil is exported.

他还重申警告说，伊朗可能作出回应的任何攻击，关闭霍尔木兹海峡，通过世界四分之一的石油出口。

About 20 percent of the world's crude moves through the Straits of Hormuz on Iran's southern coast and any showdown between the West and Iran could threaten that route.

约百分之二十的世界原油通过霍尔木兹海峡行动对伊朗的南部海岸之间的任何西方国家与伊朗摊牌可能威胁到这条道路。

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.

伊朗发出的威胁要关闭霍尔木兹海峡的消息更是引起了石油市场的振荡，因为供应到全世界的石油大约四份之一从这里经过。

Iranian boats take part in naval war game in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

伊朗军舰在波斯湾和霍尔木兹海峡参与海上军事演习。

China is helping Pakistan build Gwadar Port is located in the Arabian Sea, where they may have are listening through the Strait of Hormuz to passing ships.

中国正在帮助巴基斯坦建设位于阿拉伯海的瓜达尔港，他们可能已经正在那里监听通过霍尔木兹海峡的过往船只。

Blocking the straits of Hormuz would be one military option for Iran if the dispute over its nuclear programme were to escalate .

如果关于原子能计划的争端继续升级，封锁霍尔木兹海峡将作为对伊朗采取的一项军事手段。

Iran could also try to turn geography to its advantage, probably by attacking shipping in the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Gulf.

伊朗还可能尝试利用地理优势，具体战术很可能是攻击海湾入口处霍尔木兹海峡的船舶。

By traveling to Hormuz in the Persian Gulf and to Mecca, Zheng He brought Eastern culture to the edge of the western world.

郑和航海到了霍尔木兹海峡和麦加，把东方文化带到西方世界的东边。

Senior Pentagon officials, evidently reflecting a broader administration policy decision, used an off-the-record Pentagon briefing to turn the Jan. 6 US-Iranian incident in the Strait of Hormuz into a sensational story demonstrating Iran's military aggressiveness, a reconstruction of the events following the incident shows.

五角大楼高级官员，显然反映了更广泛的政府政策决定的，它采用私下承认国防部的简报会上，把1月6日美国和伊朗发生在霍尔木兹海峡成为一个耸人听闻的故事，展示了伊朗的军事攻击性，重建事件后，这个事件说明。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。