Operators shut down the Chernobyl nuclear power plant with the flip of a switch today, closing the facility for good 14 years after it spawned the world's worst nuclear accident.
The simple procedure ended the long, troubled run of a facility that became a synonym for nuclear fears and the dangers of atomic power.
Chernobyl nuclear power plant：烏克蘭切爾諾貝利核電站；1986年切爾諾貝利核電站爆炸發(fā)生核泄漏，這是世界上的一次核災(zāi)難。
spawn：產(chǎn)卵，結(jié)果。
synonym：同義詞。
Ukraine President Leonid Kuchma gave the shutdown order from Kiev over a video linkup with the plant, located some 85 miles away.
“To fulfill the state decision and Ukraine's international obligations, I hereby order to start work for the premature stoppage of the operation of reactor No. 3 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,” Kuchma said.
linkup：連接, 聯(lián)系；烏克蘭總統(tǒng)庫吉馬通過電視下達(dá)指令關(guān)閉了切爾諾貝利核電站。
premature：未成熟的, 太早的。
The shutdown, which followed years of intense international pressure, should erase the danger of future accidents at the plant.
Yet Ukraine will suffer the effects of the 1986 Chernobyl accident for years to come： Millions of its citizens are affected by radiation-related ailments.
intense：強(qiáng)烈的, 激烈的；切爾諾貝利核電站一直受到來自世界各國的強(qiáng)烈批評。
ailment：病痛；在86年的核泄漏中，有數(shù)以百萬的人受到了不同程度的核輻射。
The simple procedure ended the long, troubled run of a facility that became a synonym for nuclear fears and the dangers of atomic power.
Chernobyl nuclear power plant：烏克蘭切爾諾貝利核電站；1986年切爾諾貝利核電站爆炸發(fā)生核泄漏，這是世界上的一次核災(zāi)難。
spawn：產(chǎn)卵，結(jié)果。
synonym：同義詞。
Ukraine President Leonid Kuchma gave the shutdown order from Kiev over a video linkup with the plant, located some 85 miles away.
“To fulfill the state decision and Ukraine's international obligations, I hereby order to start work for the premature stoppage of the operation of reactor No. 3 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,” Kuchma said.
linkup：連接, 聯(lián)系；烏克蘭總統(tǒng)庫吉馬通過電視下達(dá)指令關(guān)閉了切爾諾貝利核電站。
premature：未成熟的, 太早的。
The shutdown, which followed years of intense international pressure, should erase the danger of future accidents at the plant.
Yet Ukraine will suffer the effects of the 1986 Chernobyl accident for years to come： Millions of its citizens are affected by radiation-related ailments.
intense：強(qiáng)烈的, 激烈的；切爾諾貝利核電站一直受到來自世界各國的強(qiáng)烈批評。
ailment：病痛；在86年的核泄漏中，有數(shù)以百萬的人受到了不同程度的核輻射。