铁腕

The decline in the Tories' popularity in recent months continues to puzzle, with some putting it down to a message that is too bleakly austere and others blaming it on something close to the opposite: a lack of Thatcherite punch and clarity.

近几个月来保守党的支持率一直在下降，一些选民认为保守党过于严厉，另外一些人恰恰相反指责其缺乏撒切尔式的铁腕和清晰的主张。

So strong a person, apparently, that despite his own formidableness, the dean who reputedly could steamroll anybody, the dean who had done the academically impossible by bringing deliverance to Athena College, could best his own wife at nothing other than tennis.

如此强壮的一个人，如此强壮，就连院长这样会令人不寒而栗、具有众所周知的铁腕、曾不可思议地使雅典娜学院在学术领域起死回生，就连这位院长，也只有在网球场上才能击败自已的妻子。

I have to use heavy-handed tactics.

我只能采取铁腕政策。

But this is exactly the sort of heavy-handedness that can rally a divided and fractious people behind an awful ruler.

但是，这正是那种会使得处于糟糕统治者治下，四分五裂而又怒气冲冲的民众团结起来的铁腕政策

Protesters say the police are talking up the risks to provide an excuse for heavy-handedness.

抗议者说，警署大谈风险无非是为自己的铁腕管理寻找借口。

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Robert Heinlein. The moon is a penal

月亮是一个被铁腕政权统治的严酷的殖民地。

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Robert Heinlein. The moon is a penal colony rule

月亮是成为一个被铁腕政权统治的严酷的殖民地。

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Robert Heinlein. The moon is a penal colony ruled by

月亮是成为一个被铁腕政权统治的严酷的殖民地。

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Robert Heinlein. The moon is a penal colony

月亮是成为一个被铁腕政权统治的严酷的殖民地。

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Robert Heinlein. The moon is a penal colony ruled by an iron-fisted administration.

月亮是个厉妇》——罗伯特·海因莱茵月亮成为一个被铁腕政权统治的严酷的殖民地。

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。