1 | They used force to persuade him. | |
2 | They tried to starve me out by a sex-trap. | |
3 | So you set up a pretend drugs bust to bully me? | |
4 | 美国不能强迫中国就范,但是却能引发对全球经济的严重的破坏。
The U.S. cannot force China to bend, but it can cause serious disruptions to the global economy. | |
5 | 虽然有些人可能会称之为“逼迫管理层就范”,我认为这是聪明之举。
While some may call this "forcing management's hand, " I elect to call it smart. | |
6 | 如果JohnDoe不吃绿色食品,山姆大叔可以通过限制其他食物让他就范。
If John Doe will not eat his greens, Uncle Sam will make him, if necessary by restricting the availability of other foods. | |
7 | 游走于职业运动员之中的追星族、妓女和吊金龟婿的人会不择手段来让他们就范。
The groupies, floozies, and gold-diggers who swarm pro athletes will do anything to get a taste. | |
8 | 如果你试图操控公众舆论迫使我就范,我将揭露你作为洛克和德摩斯梯尼的双重身份。
If you attempt to manipulate public opinion to force me to do so, I will expose your identity as both Locke and Demosthenes. | |
9 | 如果一个弱国不能用武力使一个强国屈服,那么它也就休想用法律的手段让另一个国家就范。
If a weak country cannot coerce a more powerful country through force of arms, then it cannot coerce the other country with law either. | |
10 | 这就好像我们又回到了六岁,母亲逼迫着我们去收拾散落在床底下的玩具,而我们却不肯就范。
It' s like we' re six years old again, fighting with mom about cleaning up all the stuff we' ve crammed under our bed. | |
11 | 如果刺激人们撒谎,大多数人不会马上就开始的,然而持续提供他们这种机会,最后他们都会就范的。
If offered the incentive to cheat most people will not jump at the chance immediately. Keep offering them the opportunity, however, and eventually they will do so. | |
12 | 从宏观经济领域看来,美国当然还是领先于中国的,可它不能为所欲为了,更不可能跺着桌子号令中国就范。
America is certainly ahead in the macro [economic] terms," Tay said. "But it can't do everything at once and just stomp the table and get China to fall in line. | |
13 | 当然了,在宏观经济领域,美国仍然是鹤立鸡群,可是美国却不能什么事都一蹴而就,更不能踢桌子发脾气来让中国就范。
America is certainly ahead in the macro [economic] terms," Tay said. "But it can' t do everything at once and just stomp the table and get China to fall in line. | |
14 | 美国国防部长罗伯特·盖茨周末接受电视采访时对前景表示乐观,他说,如果必要的话,可以用额外惩罚手段迫使伊朗就范。
Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, expressed optimism in weekend television interviews that, if need be, Iran could be brought to heel by additional penalties. | |
15 | 但是,这样也不大可能使敌对组织就范——尽管他们可以造成足够的压力,最终在土耳其或埃及的调解下达成一个新的临时停火协议。
But these are also unlikely to bring the organization to heel - though they may exercise sufficient pressure eventually to achieve, with the mediation of Turkey or Egypt, a renewed temporary truce. | |
16 | 然而在本周,破天荒地,他就范于上庭与批评人士对质——而与他作对的人士,许宋镌(音译),一位不同政见者,则成就了本人最为重要的时刻。
But this week, for the first time, he was forced to face one of his critics in court - and his antagonist, Chee Soon Juan, an opposition politician, made the most of his moment. |