The circumstances of the apparent defection are unclear.

目前尚不清楚这名公然叛逃人具体情况。

The defection came at a time of heightened tension over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

叛逃事件发生时，两国关系因朝鲜核武器计划而高度紧张。

But the defection announced yesterday could be of the highest ranking North Korean military official ever to do it.

但是昨天公布那个人可能是有史以来叛逃至韩国最高级别朝鲜军官。

Those three defections forced UNESCO to cut its budget by thirty percent and intensified the crisis around Embo's leadership.

这三个国家迫使该组织预算缩减了30%，加剧了Embo领导危机。

Announcing his defection from the government of Nicolas Maduro, the defense attache Colonel Jose Luis Silva called for fresh elections.

国防专员何塞·路斯·席尔瓦上校宣布脱离尼古拉斯·马杜洛政府，并呼吁进行全新选举。

Yesterday, we told you about a military leader's defection from North Korea to South Korea.

昨天我们为你带来了一名军事领袖从朝鲜叛逃到韩国故事。

He had the - of course, there was a defection yesterday, plus he kicked these members out of the - out of his party.

当然，这是因为昨天有多位议员倒戈，而且他将这些议员开除了保守党。

Importance may sometimes be purchased too dearly. Kitty and Lydia take his defection much more to heart than I do.

太受人器重有时候需要付很大代价。吉蒂和丽迪雅对他缺点计较得比我厉害。

But we're learning more about what it's like following the defection, the escape of a North Korean soldier across the border.

我们正在了解一起朝鲜军人投诚事件，他试图穿过边境到达韩国。

Her sweet sympathy and her bright-eyed interest in every word he uttered were balm upon the wound left by Suellen's supposed defection.

她对他所说每一句话都表示深切理解和浓厚兴趣，这就足以医治他因苏伦所谓变节而在感情上受到伤害了。

Well, it wouldn't be a defection, per se.

其实也不是什么变节。

I cannot say that I regret my comparative insignificance. Importance may sometimes be purchased too dearly. Kitty and Lydia take his defection much more to heart than I do.

我决不因为人家不十分器重我而竟会感到遗憾。太受人器重有时候需要付很大代价。

Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, faces a vote of no-confidence in the parliament, which looks likely to oust him from office following the defection of a number of his allies.

巴基斯坦总理伊姆兰·汗面临议会不信任投票，在他一些盟友叛变后，议会可能会将他赶下台。

In fact, if you even talk about this giant tax reform package they're working on, if Doug Jones is seated before the final vote on this, a single Republican defection could burn it to the ground.

实际上，在新税法问题通过问题上，一个共和党席位之差就可能让它成为泡影。