查询词典 overstretch

From that moment, the word "Suez" would have a special resonance in British, evoking first imperial grandeur and what we now like to call "imperial overstretch."

从那个时刻开始，"苏伊士"一词在英国人心里产生一种特殊的共鸣，唤起他们对第一帝国的伟大和我们现在愿意称为的"帝国的过度延伸"的回忆。

But what did for both was imperial overstretch, a rotten economy and, like Russia's today, a mostly unaccountable ruling caste that led a proud country to disaster.

但是这两个时期的共同点是：权力的过渡延伸、糟糕的经济以及俄罗斯的现状毫无责任心的管理阶层，他们把令人自豪的国家领入灾难。

America's foreign policy may change under the next president, but confusion over Iraq, worries about overstretch and divisions over the country's role in the world will remain, says Adrian Wooldridge interviewed here

美国的对外政策在下一任总统的领导下可能发生很大的改变，但是在伊拉克问题上的认识混乱以及对自己在世界舞台上所充当的过度拉伸与分裂角色的担忧仍将长时间存在。

But reports suggested the regulator was concerned that the deal would overstretch Prudential.

但报道称英国金融服务局担心并购友邦会拖累保诚集团。

Mr Blair's wars, and Iraq in particular, have, rather like Labour's public-spending overstretch, had the opposite effect on Britain's foreign-policy and national standing from the one he intended.

Mr Blair的战争，特别是对于伊拉克的战争，更像工党公共支出的眼神。对于英国的外交政策以及他所计划的国家立场来说，有着反面影响。

Man need tenderness of woman to melt his steely heart rather than an independent one .yes, being a woman, better not to overstretch herself to be or pretend to be strong and you will be seen as a man otherwise in man's eyes.

男人要的不是女强人，要是的可以化解他钢铁心的柔情。是的，做女人，就不要过于好强，强出头，强坚强，那样，在男人眼里，你就成了一个男人。

In the late 1980s Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of Great Powers predicted that an America suffering from imperial overstretch would be overtaken by countries such as Japan.

上世纪80年代末，保罗肯尼迪在《大国的兴衰》(The Rise and Fall of Great Powers)中预测，权力过度扩张的美国将被日本等国家取代。

Take regular short breaks, keep warm-cold muscles do not extend properly-and don't overstretch to do a task.

经常休息一会儿，保持身体暖和（冷的肌肉不能适当地伸展）并且干活使要量力而行。

In the late 1980s, the scholar Paul Kennedy predicted the imminent collapse of American power due to "imperial overstretch."

在八十年代末，学者肯尼迪预言美国强权由于"权威过度扩张"面临崩溃。

As far back as 1988, when Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers was a best seller, the commentariat latched onto his warning that America ran the risk of "imperial overstretch"—"the awkward and enduring fact that the sum total of the United States' global interests and obligations is nowadays far larger than the country's power to defend all simultaneously."

早在1988年，保罗肯尼迪的崛起与大国的兴衰是最畅销，到他锁定警告commentariat，美国跑的"帝国过分扩张的危险"-"的尴尬和持久事实是，美国的全球利益和义务的总和，是现在远远超过了国家的权力，同时维护一切更大。"

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。