| 条约 | treaty |
| 里斯本 | Lisbon |
| 设立(职位) | to set up |
| 常任(主席)职位 | permanent post |
| 职责范围 | responsibilities |
| 生效 | to take effect |
| 出任(职位) | to take the post |
| 一体化 | unity |
| 融róng合 | integration |
| 意向 | intension |
| 亲美 | pro-America |
| 若即若离 | be neither friendly nor aloof |
| 无疑 | no doubt |
| cumbersome | 累赘léizhuì;麻烦 |
| to rotate | 轮lún流 |
| bilateral relations | 双边关系 |
| rumour | 言传;谣言 |
| charismatic | 有号召力 |
| speculation | 猜测cāicè |
| international profile | 国际形象 |
| to endorse | 支持 |
| member states | 成员国 |