今夏以來,大量阿富汗與伊拉克難民湧入波蘭邊境,試圖經白俄羅斯進入歐盟,有西方國家指此為白俄總統盧卡申科的計謀(ploy),計畫以難民亂象逼迫歐盟取消制裁。然而此舉不但失敗,更傳歐盟將再祭新制裁,無家可歸的難民,成為政治角力犧牲品。

【淺談歐陸難民潮】
ploy 計謀
A:Allegedly, Lukashenko is using refugees as a ploy to force the EU to lift the economic sanctions.(據傳盧卡申科正利用難民計謀要逼迫歐盟撤銷對該國經濟制裁。)
B:The Lukashenko regime has been considered questionable by the EU and other western governments.(盧卡申科的政權受到歐盟和其他西方國家的質疑。)

false pretense 虛假藉口
A:Under false pretenses, countless migrants were lured into Belarus but ended up stranded at the border.(無數移民在虛假藉口下,被引誘進入白俄,卻困在邊境。)
B:Yeah, that's why they also called him "gangster" for conducting such an inhuman and illegal act.(是啊,所以他們也稱他為「流氓」,做出如此泯滅人性和違法行為。)

to repel 抵抗、擊退、驅逐
A:Sadly, thousands of refugees were repelled by border guards, causing a hybrid threat.(難過的是,數以千計的難民遭到邊境警察驅趕,形成了混合型威脅。)
B:The crisis continues with the EU contemplating imposing more sanctions on airlines involved in "migrant trafficking".(這場危機,因歐盟考慮要制裁涉入「難民販賣」的航空公司而持續著。)

【延伸關鍵字】
1. to smoulder:悶燒
2. to stave off:避開、遠離
3. to embolden:使~膽大


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