"The treaty is a blueprint, for the kind of international cooperation that will be needed more and more to address the challenges of the 21 century. And it IS an example of smart power at its best."
-Hilary Clinton
# treaty
n. 協定
Antarctic treaty 最早在1959年由最先抵達南極洲大陸的12個國家簽訂:
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# blueprint
n. 藍圖
# cooperation
n. 協力,合作,合作會
corporation 則是"法人","股份有限公司"
# address
v. 1. to direct the attention of (oneself)
2. to direct one's remark to
# smart power
n. 巧權力,智慧力量
希拉蕊採用奈伊（Joseph Nye）的「巧權力」（Smart Power）的概念──即結合軍事、經濟等「硬權力」（Hard Power）＋文化、民主等「軟權力」（Soft Power）的綜合運用。
引用：雲程的雙魚鏡
~ Hopes dim of finding earthquake survivors in Italy ~
Toiling through the night and now into the day rescue workers have been combing through a sea of rubble after a violent earthquake hit Italy yesterday morning.
# toil
v. 苦幹,艱難地進行
n. 苦差事,勞累
Hopes are dimming of finding survivors. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said that more than 200 people have been killed in the tremor that shook the central region of Abruzzo.
# dim
v. 使變暗,變模糊
adj. 模糊,朦朧,微暗,黯淡的
Some 26 cities and towns have been hit, flattening houses, churches and buildings. More than 1500 people have been injured.
With aftershocks still rattling the area, nerves are very frayed and the work of rescue workers all the more perilous.
# fray
v. 磨損,使(神經)緊張
n. 磨損處
# perilous
adj. 危險的,冒險的
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