Hormuz

They also decided to enhance cooperation to improve security of waterways in the Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman.

双方还决定加强合作，改善海湾地区、霍尔木兹海峡和阿曼海航道的安全。

As oil is transported out of the Persian Gulf it passes through the Strait of Hormuz, which is 34 miles wide at its narrowest, before crossing in the Arabian Sea.

从波斯湾运出的石油要先通过这个最窄处仅34英里的霍尔木兹海峡，然后才能进入阿拉伯海。

Blocking the straits of Hormuz would be one military option for Iran if the dispute over its nuclear programme were to escalate.

如果关于伊朗核问题的争议升级，封锁霍尔木兹海峡将是伊朗的一种军事选择。

That domestic production boom has triggered intense debate over whether the US would still guard the world's critical sea lanes, such as the Strait of Hormuz in two decades" time-or whether China, whose dependence on Middle Eastern crude imports is rapidly rising-would replace it.

美国国内能源开发的繁荣引发了激烈辩论，其主题是：20年后霍尔木兹海峡（Strait of Hormuz）等世界关键航道是否仍将由美国来确保畅通？对于中东原油进口依赖度正在迅速上升的中国，是否将接替美国的这一角色？

Sadjadpour says Iran doesn` t have the naval ships needed to blockade the Strait of Hormuz.

萨德贾德普尔表示伊朗没有封锁霍尔木兹海峡的舰艇。

China has financed the deep-sea port at Gwadar in western Pakistan, near Iran and close to the straits of Hormuz at the eastern end of the Gulf.

中国资助了巴基斯坦西部瓜达尔深海港口的建设。该港口临近伊朗，靠近波斯湾东端的霍尔木兹海峡。

They also fear that any Israeli or US military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities could provoke retaliation against them, or disrupt the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

它们还担心，如果以色列或美国对伊朗核设施进行军事打击，可能招致伊朗对它们的报复，或破坏经由霍尔木兹海峡的石油运输。

The second reason is that a serious threat to close Hormuz is arguably the principal Iranian deterrent against a military attack by the US or Israel on its nuclear facilities.

第二个原因是，封锁霍尔木兹海峡这样的严峻威胁，可以说是伊朗用以防止美国或以色列对其核设施发起军事袭击的主要威慑手段。

Building International Transport Lines By passing the Hormuz Strait: Strategy for Safe Oil and Gas Connections between China and the Gulf Region

构建避开霍尔木兹海峡的国际通道&中国与海湾油气安全连接战略

The Persian G-Iranian officials say the missiles are capable of hitting targets anywhere in the Gulf region, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman.

伊朗官员说，导弹可以抵达波斯湾、尔木兹海峡以及阿曼海的任何地点。

In comparison, Iran last year exported an average of about 2.6m b/ d of crude oil and tankers carrying about 15.5m b/ d of crude oil crossed the Strait of Hormuz.

相比之下，伊朗去年日均出口原油约260万桶，油轮每天运载着1550万桶原油驶过霍尔木兹海峡。

The 17m barrels of oil passing daily through the straits of Hormuz will matter for many years yet.

在今后很多年里，每天通过霍尔木兹海峡（Hormuz）的1700万桶石油仍将发挥重要作用。

The Strait of Hormuz is vital international waters. ''

霍尔木兹海峡是至关重要的国际水域。

This is particularly so in regard to oil and the importance of ensuring tanker traffic can flow unmolested through the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf's strategic waterway, currently the scene of military exercises involving Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

在石油以及确保油轮在霍尔木兹海峡畅行无阻方面，尤其如此。霍尔木兹海峡是海湾地区的战略性航道，目前一些方面在此举行军事演习，其中包括伊朗革命卫队。

Smaller, discontinuous plains are found along the remaining coast of the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman.

波斯湾，霍尔木兹海峡（Strait of Hormuz）和阿曼海（Sea of Oman）的其余海岸线上分布着小的、不连续的平原。

The road to the Ruhr , and to Tokyo, lies through the Strait of Hormuz.

通向鲁尔和通向东京的道路现在要通过霍尔木兹海峡.

The new links will more than double the total pipeline capacity bypassing the strait to 6.5m barrels per day, or about 40 per cent of the 17m b/ d that transits Hormuz.

新的输油管道将使绕道霍尔木兹海峡的管道总运能提高一倍以上，达到每日650万桶，大约相当于每日通过该海峡的1700万桶运能的40%。

Iran borders the Strait of Hormuz, conduit for roughly two-fifths of all globally traded oil.

伊朗面靠霍尔木兹海峡, 霍尔木兹海峡承载了大约5分之2的全球石油贸易运输.

Some of my more famous examples are Gibraltar, Hormuz and Bering.

我的一些有名的代表有直布罗陀、霍尔木兹和白令。

The Strait of Hormuz is one the busiest waterways in the world.

霍尔木兹海峡是世界上最繁忙的水路之一.

By traveling to Hormuz in the Persian Gulf and to mecca, Zheng He brought Eastern culture to the edge of the western world.

郑和航海到了霍尔木兹海峡和麦加，把东方文化带到西方世界的东边。

A blockade by Iran of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil supplies travel, would fit the definition of a supply shock and take all bets off the table.

如果伊朗封锁霍尔木兹海峡（全球20%的石油供应经此运输），那就属于供应冲击，事情就得另当别论。

Given the recent rhetoric from Iran related to the Strait of Hormuz, the strength in the price of oil is not totally surprising.

鉴于近期伊朗在霍尔木兹海峡问题上的强硬言辞，油价的强势并非完全出乎意料。