As a result, reunified Germany naturally fell back on its old sphere of dominance, Eastern Europe.

谁知最终新德国还是缩回了其旧有势力范围——西欧。

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Rocard, Miche

© Project Syndicate 1995 - 2011

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But we are bound to exhaust all other hypotheses before falling back upon this one.

但是我们只有在各种假设都被推翻之后，才能再回到这条路上来探索。

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巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle

So as the fog-bank flowed onward we fell back before it until we were half a mile from the house, and still that dense white sea, with the moon silvering its upper edge, swept slowly and inexorably on.

因此，当浓雾向我们流过来的时候，我们就向后退一退，这样一直退到了离房子有半里远的地方。可是那片上面闪耀着月光的浓白色的海洋，还在继续慢慢地、坚决地向着我们这个方向推进着。

Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬

巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle