西方国家

Ever since a British mercenary, Simon Mann, bungled an attempt to topple Mr Nguema in a coup in 2004—an effort tacitly backed by several Western powers—the country has been trying to rebrand itself as an emerging democracy while cosying up to old critics. In November the president pardoned and freed Mr Mann and four South African co-plotters; the Briton had served only a year and a bit of his 34-year sentence.

2004年，英国雇佣军官西蒙·曼恩试图颠覆恩圭马总统的政变失败了，这次行动得到几个西方势力的支持，意在和旧有的批评者取得一致妥协的前提下，重造一个新的民主国家。11月，恩圭马总统特赦释放了曼恩和四个南非的同谋者，英国人仅服了他34年刑期的一年。

It's the most popular festival in western counties.

在西方的国家，这是最大众化的节日。

I know that people in western democracies were extremely interested in this.

我知道西方民主国家的人们对此有着巨大的兴趣。

Russia has its problems, but so do the democracies of the west.

俄罗斯有着自己的问题，但西方的民主国家也是如此。

It is a well-known problem of political economy in western democracies.

这在西方民主国家是一个著名的政治经济学问题。

What discomfits me about "the world as closed economy" thesis is that it seems to support the uplift approach of politicians and industrial leaders who say that the west must constantly innovate, re-educate, find new products and generally pull its socks up to hold its own against countries like China and India.

&世界作为封闭经济体&让我感到困惑，因为这一论点似乎支持政客和行业领导者的鼓动做法，他们说，西方必须坚持不懈地革新、再教育、寻找新产品，才能抗衡中国和印度等国家。

In the new century, with the gradual development of African countries" political and economic situation, and especially with the enhancement of its importance on the Energy and Anti-terrorist aspects, Western grand countries has carefully examined this " disserted continent again and Africa strengthened its international status.

进入新世纪以来，随着非洲国家政治经济形势不断发展变化，尤其是在能源和&反恐&方面重要性不断提升，西方大国开始重新审视这片冷战后曾被&遗弃的大陆&，非洲的国际地位明显的增强。

It resulted in that the biological fundamental researches were draggled very much in Soviet comparing with those in western developed countries, and the medical and agricultural activities in Soviet were hugely disserved. Many socialistic countries which followed Soviet were affected and the genetics circle, even the whole world scientific field, was shook greatly by the case.

这一事件使苏联的生物学基础研究远远落后于西方发达国家，极大危害了医学和农业活动，波及许多当年追随苏联的社会主义国家，引起国际遗传学界以至整个科学界极大的震动。

Even leaving aside the perennial distraction of Myanmar, a repressive military dictatorship that Western allies find hard to sit down with, mutual mistrust and outright hostility between countries make a mockery of ASEAN's encomiums on unity.

缅甸是一个专制的军事独裁的政权国家，它的西方的同盟们很难与它有共同语言。

Even leaving aside the perennial distraction of Myanmar, a repressive military dictatorship that Western allies find hard to sit down with, mutual mistrust and outright hostility between countries make a mockery of ASEAN's encomiums on unity.

即使将缅甸、这个西方盟国认为难以接受的一个高压军事独裁政权）的常年动乱抛在一边，国家间互不信任与彻底敌对，也嘲讽了东盟对团结一致的称颂。

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。