The European Union is a group of countries that among other things work together to create a single market.

欧盟是一个国家集，除其他事项外，共同努力创造一个单一市场。

The group has a 110,000-strong technology development team-larger than the commercial-banking divisions of all but the biggest banks-including 3,000 scientists.

该集拥有11技开，其中包括3000名科学家，这个比除最大银行外所有商业银行部门都要大。

With the exception of Turkey, all of the were either Soviet states or part of the Soviet bloc, and with Georgia and Ukraine aspiring to move closer to NATO, Russia is increasingly surrounded by treaty allies.

除了土耳其外, 所有国家都是苏联国家或曾属于苏联集, 而随着格鲁吉亚及乌克兰希望向北约靠拢, 俄罗斯正越来越被条约国盟友包围。