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词汇 blood diamond
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blood diamond
noun [ C ] uk/ˈblʌd ˌdaɪə.mənd/ us/ˈblʌd ˌdaɪ.mənd/ (also conflict diamond)
(在发生战事的地区开采,出售以获取资金继续作战的)血钻,血腥钻石
a diamond (= a transparent precious stone) that has been mined (= taken out of the ground) in an area where there is war or fighting, and that is sold to get money to continue the fighting
The campaign to clean up gold mines echoes the opposition to "blood diamonds", sold to finance conflicts in developing nations. 清理金矿的运动呼应反对“血钻”的声音,即发展中国家出售钻石以获得资金维持冲突。
A multinational conference this week may agree to a protocol that would stem the trade in "conflict diamonds"—gems used to finance rebel insurgencies in various parts of Africa. 本周举行的多国会议可能会商定一项议定书,用以阻止 "冲突钻石 "贸易——用于资助非洲各地叛乱分子的钻石。
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  • Industry delegates discussed moves to eliminate the trade in gems from areas of conflict (so-called blood diamonds) at the World Diamond Council annual meeting in Antwerp.
  • Trade in blood diamonds has flourished worldwide because the tiny gems are portable, easily concealed and guaranteed sources of cash.
  • Conflict diamonds gained international attention for the role they played funding bloody insurgency in Sierra Leone in the late 1990s.
  • Industry officials estimate that conflict diamonds account for about 4 percent of the world's $6 billion-a-year diamond trade.
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