美國副總統警告朝鮮不要考驗特朗普的決心

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.

美國副總統邁克?彭斯(Mike Pence)警告朝鮮不要考驗美國總統唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)的決心。他說，華盛頓方面希望這個共產主義國家放棄核武器，停止其“不可接受的”導彈試驗。

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.

週一，彭斯與韓國代總統黃教安(Hwang Kyo-ahn)舉行會晤，討論如何遏制朝鮮。韓國是彭斯在朝鮮半島局勢日益緊張之際對亞洲四國展開訪問的第一站。

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.

彭斯呼應了美國國務卿雷克斯?蒂勒森(Rex Tillerson)一個月前的措辭，宣稱面對朝鮮日益嚴重的軍事威脅，“戰略耐心的時代結束了”。

“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.

在與黃教安共同舉行的新聞發佈會上，彭斯表示：“朝鮮最好是不要考驗（特朗普總統的）決心或美軍的實力。”他此處是在暗指美國最近對敘利亞和阿富汗的軍事打擊。