一、British and German military chiefs press "moral" case for rearmament

military adj.军事的；军队的n.军队；军人 chief n.领袖；首脑 adj.首要的；首席的 adv.主要地 moral adj.道德的

rearmament n.重新武装

Defence leaders write joint appeal urging public on need to be prepared for war with Russia and resulting cost.

joint appeal n.联合声明 urge v.敦促

Britain and Germany's highest ranking military leaders have made an unprecedented joint appeal to the public to accept the "moral" case for rearmament and prepare for the threat of war with Russia.

ranking n.等级 unprecedented adj.史无前例的；前所未有的

The pair said they were making the plae not just as the military leaders of two of Europe's largest military spenders,

but "as voices for a Europe that must confront uncomfortable truths about its security".

plea n.请求；恳求 confront v.直面

Air chief Marshal Richard knighton, the UK's chief of the defence staff, and Gen Carsten Breuery, Germany's chief of defence,said Russia's military stance had "shifted decisively westward" and a "step change" was needed in Europe's defence and security.

air chief Marshal n.空军上将 stance n.姿态 decisively adv.果断地 westward adv.向西

In a joint article published in the Guardian and the German newspaper Die Welt,In the wake of Munich Security Confenrence,the soldiers said they had a duty "to explain what is at stake so that public could understand why the UK and Germany have committed to the biggest sustained increases in defence spending since the end of the cold war".

in the wake of 在……之后 stake n.利害关系；股份；赌注；重大利益 v.用……打赌 explain what is at stake 解释其中的利害关系 commit v.承诺；犯罪；自杀；花钱；忠于