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Sino-British Joint Declaration is "void"?

 

回歸十七年，早前英國有代表團打算來港調查中英聯合聲明落實情況，卻被拒入境。中國外交部發言人指，聯合聲明回歸後起已經無效，質疑外國勢力插手干預。

香港夾在中間，該如何自處？

Beijing has dismissed the notion that Britain has any moral responsibility for Hong Kong after 1997, shortly after a top Chinese diplomat claimed the Joint Declaration that settled the city's future was already "void".
(摘自《南華早報》)

 

dismiss a notion / idea

► IDEA = 拒絕考慮〔觀點﹑意見〕

► IN A COURT = 駁回﹐不受理〔案件〕

 

例子：The case was dismissed due to the lack of evidence. 由於證據不足，案件被駁回。

 

diplomat 外交官

(noun 名詞)

 

diplomacy 外交 / 交際手腕

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：Kevin is a person who is good at diplomacy.

 

diplomat 善於交際的人

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：Kevin is a diplomat who can deal with people tactfully.

 

void

 

1. 無效 (adjective 形容詞) = invalid

 

2.使無效；使作廢；取消 (verb 動詞) = make sth invalid

例子：to void a cheque / an invoice

 例子：a voided cheque

 

3. 空虛感; 孤寂感 (noun 名詞)

例子：Their daughter’s death left a painful void in their lives.

 

4. 沒有；缺少 (adjective 形容詞)   = without

例子：His face was void of emotion.

 

中英雙方隔空開火，在英國代表團被拒入境後繼續：

The war of words has continued after Beijing blocked a delegation of British lawmakers from entering the former colony.

 

► delegation 代表團 (noun 名詞)

(represent a company, organization etc.)

 

delegate 授權；委託權限

(verb 動詞)

 

例子：He plans to delegate more authorities to other people.

 

delegate 代表

(noun 名詞)

 

= representative

 

delegate 委任

(verb 動詞)

 

= appoint

 

例子：They have been delegated to work on the project.

 

中國外交部發言人華春瑩直指英國對香港並無所謂「道德責任」：

 

Asked whether Britain still had any responsibility for the city as a signatory to the agreement, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that was not the case.

"Britain has no sovereignty over Hong Kong that has returned to China, no authority and no right to oversight. There is no such thing as a moral responsibility," she said yesterday.

"The real aim of a small minority of British people trying to use so-called moral responsibility to obscure the facts is to interfere in China's internal affairs.”

 

obscure 搞混，使難理解；遮蔽，使朦朧；使聽不清

 

interfere 干預

(verb 動詞)

 

► interfere + in a situation 干涉，幹預；管閒事

= meddle

 

例子：Richard Ottaway, the British committee’s chairman, says China’s talk of meddling was "unsupported by any evidence."

   
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