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The US extended its gratitude to the Taiwanese government for imposing sanctions on a Taiwanese man and the overseas companies he controlled for their alleged involvement in selling oil to North Korea.
台灣政府日前制裁一位台灣商人，這位商人與旗下的海外公司據稱從事偷賣石油給北韓的行為， 美國因此對台灣表示感謝。
gratitude(n.)感謝;感激impose(v.)施加;實施alleged(adj.)據稱的involvement in~參與某事;涉入(某案件)
“We thank Taiwan for this powerful and timely action and for Taiwan’s continued commitment to taking action to put diplomatic and economic pressure on North Korea,” said the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) spokeswoman Sonia Urbom.
美國在台協會的發言人游詩雅説：「美國政府感謝台灣強而有力且即時的行動，且感謝台灣持續承諾採取行動對北韓施以外交與經濟壓力 。」
commitment(n.)承諾;投入put or exert pressure on~對...施加壓力
Chen Shih-hsien, 52, reportedly owns a trading firm in the southern city of Kaohsiung.
52歲的陳世憲據傳在高雄市擁有一家貿易公司。
In order to put pressure on the man, the Ministry of Justice has frozen his assets, as well as the four firms’ financial assets.
為了對他施壓，法務部已凍結他個人和名下四家公司的金融資產。
freeze(v.)凍結(free-froze-frozen)asset(n.)資產;財產
Chen is suspected of chartering a Hong Kong-flagged tanker in mid-October through one of the firms that he is affiliated with to transfer refined oil products to a North Korean vessel in international waters.
陳世憲被懷疑在10月中，透過名下一家公司，租用香港籍貨船在公海駁油供給北韓。
be suspected of~被懷疑;涉嫌charter(v.)包租(交通工具，尤指飛機)be affiliated with~隸屬於…refined oil精煉過的石油
His act is in violation of the UN Security Council sanctions resolution that bans exports of such products to North Korea.
陳世憲的行為違反聯合國安理會禁止對北韓供應石油的制裁決議。
in violation of~違反了resolution(n.)決議
Although Taiwan is not obliged to implement the sanctions as it is not a member of the United Nations, the government’s move is believed to be a response to calls by the United States and other countries to mount pressure on North Korea.
雖然台灣因不屬於聯合國，沒有義務對陳世憲及其公司實行制裁，台灣政府的行動被認為是響應美國和其他國家加強對北韓施壓的呼籲。
be obliged to RV有義務做…=have the obligation to RVimplement(v.)實施;實行mount(v.)增加;增長;上升