"I should say that we have enough nuclear bombs to defend against a US attack," the North Korean official told ABC News when asked how many nuclear bombs it possessed.

　　Asked whether Pyongyang was building more nuclear bombs, Kim said: "Yes."

　　His open admission about North Korea's nuclear weapon ambitions further clouds efforts to bring a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear crisis gripping the Korean peninsula.

　　动词cloud 的本意是“遮蔽，被云覆盖，使变朦胧”，例如：Mist clouded the hills.（雾遮住了山丘。）上文中体现了cloud的比喻义“使陷入麻烦，产生不利影响，玷污”，例如：cloud the issues（混淆争端）；Scandal clouded the officer's reputation.（丑闻玷污了官员的声望。）

　　另悉，在朝美两国6日的接触中，朝鲜要求美国承认其是“有核国家”，并给予相应待遇。

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