Beijing and Moscow signed two arms-sale contracts in which China will buy Russian fighter jets and submarines, media reports said.
媒体报道称,中俄已签署两份军售合同,中方将从俄罗斯购买战斗机和潜艇。
Arms sale就是指军售,arms-sale contracts则是军售合同,军事对立双方的军备竞赛则是arms race。此次从俄罗斯购买战斗机(fighter jets)和潜艇(submarine)是近十年来中国初次从俄购买大型军事技术装备(large military technological1 equipment)。中方察看员表示,此次采购不指向任何第三方(not directed at any third party)。
美国过去对中国实行的武器禁运令是arms embargo2。Embargo的意思是禁止贸易令;禁运,比如:impose an embargo on commerce with some country(禁止与某国通商);The country has put an embargo on all imports.(该国对所有进口品实行禁运。)解除禁运令可以用lift/raise/remove an embargo来表示。