美国副总统警告朝鲜不要考验特朗普的决心

US vice-president Mike Pence has warned North Korea not to test President Donald Trump’s resolve, saying that Washington wanted the communist state to abandon nuclear weapons and end its “unacceptable” missile tests.

美国副总统迈克?彭斯(Mike Pence)警告朝鲜不要考验美国总统唐纳德?特朗普(Donald Trump)的决心。他说，华盛顿方面希望这个共产主义国家放弃核武器，停止其“不可接受的”导弹试验。

Mr Pence met South Korean acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday to discuss how to rein in North Korea, in his first stop of a four-nation Asia tour amid mounting tension on the Korean peninsula.

周一，彭斯与韩国代总统黄教安(Hwang Kyo-ahn)举行会晤，讨论如何遏制朝鲜。韩国是彭斯在朝鲜半岛局势日益紧张之际对亚洲四国展开访问的第一站。

Echoing the words of Rex Tillerson, US secretary of state, a month ago, Mr Pence declared the “era of strategic patience is over” in the face of North Korea’s growing military threats.

彭斯呼应了美国国务卿雷克斯?蒂勒森(Rex Tillerson)一个月前的措辞，宣称面对朝鲜日益严重的军事威胁，“战略耐心的时代结束了”。

“North Korea would do well not to test [President Trump’s] resolve or the strength of the armed forces of the US,” Mr Pence told a joint press conference with Mr Hwang, alluding to recent US military strikes on Syria and Afghanistan.

在与黄教安共同举行的新闻发布会上，彭斯表示：“朝鲜最好是不要考验（特朗普总统的）决心或美军的实力。”他此处是在暗指美国最近对叙利亚和阿富汗的军事打击。