Yemen also overlooks a maritime "choke-point," a narrow passage like the Strait of Hormuz at the tip of the Persian Gulf.
也门还是通往海上的“咽喉”要道---这与波斯湾角上的霍尔木兹海峡的狭长海道有点类似。
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(Straitof 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。
Subsequent cables showed that the United Arab Emirates blocked the transfer of the Siemens computers across the Strait of Hormuz to Bandar Abbas, a major Iranian port.
后来的电传显示，阿拉伯联合酋长国阻止了西门子电脑通过霍尔木兹海峡运往伊朗一个主要港口班达阿巴斯。
Problem is, all those oil exports have to fit through here - the Strait of Hormuz.
问题是，所有这些石油出口都必须通过这里—霍尔木兹海峡。
The U. S. Navy said last week the USS John C. Stennis left the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz in a pre-planned, routine operation.
美国海军上星期表示，美国斯坦尼斯号航空母舰经过霍尔木兹海峡离开波斯湾地区是预先计划的例行行动。
Because it is virtually an enclosed basin, with an outlet to the sea only 55 km wide at the Strait of Hormuz, the gulf is especially vulnerable to oil spills.
由于波斯湾实际上是个封闭的盆地，只在霍尔木兹海峡有个宽仅55公里的入海口，因此遇到溢油特别容易损害。
Because it is virtually an enclosed basin, with an outlet to the sea only 55 km wide at the Strait of Hormuz, the gulf is especially vulnerable to oil spills.
由于波斯湾实际上是个封闭的盆地，只在霍尔木兹海峡有个宽仅55公里的入海口，因此遇到溢油特别容易损害。
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