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As France accuses the US and Australia of ‘lies and duplicity’, new UK foreign secretary faces major diplomatic incident on her first official overseas trip.
furious 분노한 격노한
fury 분노
fur 털
confrontation 대치 대립
mount 시작하다 증가하다 올라가다 올라타다
Liz Truss is heading for a furious diplomatic confrontation with France on her first trip abroad as foreign secretary, as anger mounts in Paris over the cancellation of a £48bn nuclear submarine contract.
appointment 약속 지명 직책
Truss, whose appointment was one of the biggest surprises of Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle last Wednesday, will arrive in the US on Sunday before a four-day visit to New York and Washington during which she is aiming to promote the prime minister’s vision of “global Britain” to international leaders.
stab 찌르다
staple ㄷ자 철심 주된 주요한
tap 톡톡두드리다
But on Tuesday, when she convenes a meeting of the permanent five members of the UN security council – the UK, US, France, China and Russia – Truss will come face to face with her French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, who has described the way France has been treated by the UK, US and Australia over a new tripartite security pact, and the cancellation of the submarine deal, as a “stab in the back” for his country.
The French are furious at Australia’s decision to cancel a A$90bn (£48bn) contract it signed with the French company Naval Group in 2016 for a fleet of 12 state-of-the-art attack class submarines.
subterfuge 속임수
subter 아래의
fuge 구축하는
French ambassador laments subterfuge en route to Sydney airport. 시드니 공항으로 가는 도중에 프랑스 대사 탄식하다.
decent 괜찮은 품위있는 온당한
he was “sad like any decent person would be”.
scrap 폐기하다 버리다 다투다 싸우다
scrape 긁다
Jean-Pierre Thebault left Australia on Saturday night after Australia’s $90bn submarine deal with France was scrapped late last week, causing an unexpected rupture in the relationship between two friendly countries.
generation 세대
experienced 경험이 있는
The experienced diplomat was recalled to Paris, along with his counterpart in Washington, as the French government weighs up how to respond to what Biden administration officials called “the biggest strategic step that Australia has taken in generations”.
assertiveness자기주장
assertive 적극적인 확신에 찬
That big step involved the US and the UK agreeing to share sensitive technology and help Australia build at least eight nuclear-powered submarines, a capability the allies say is needed to respond to growing concerns about China’s military assertiveness.
collateral 담보물 부수적인
The collateral damage from the deal – hatched among the Aukus allies in secret – was Australia’s existing plans with France’s Naval Group for 12 diesel-electric submarines.
forewarn=warn 경고하다 주의를 주다
Thebault maintains France was not given any forewarning.
result 결과를 낳다 발생하다
slippage 불이행
-age 상태
There were Australian press reports earlier this year that the government was conducting a review that could result in the contract being terminated, amid concerns about cost increases and schedule slippages.
prudent 신중한
contingency 우연성 우발성 우발적 사태
In June, Australian defence officials told a Senate committee they were doing “prudent” contingency planning.
treason 반역죄 Old French traison, from Latin traditio “act of handing over or betraying”, from tradere; → TRAITOR
treachery 배신
treasure 보물
I can only say that the sense of treason is very strong,” Thebault, who started his posting in Australia 10 months ago, said from the car.
transpire 알고보니 ~이다 발생하다 증산작용을 하다
And I use those words because of what has now transpired from apparently reliable sources, which have not received any official denial, that it was in process for 18 months.
bilateral 쌍방의 쌍무적인
It was intentionally decided to keep France completely in the dark at the same time that several officials of Australia were not only discussing with France the current [submarine] program but were also saying they were willing to make this program a success and a symbol of the bilateral relationship.”