Europeans may want a more “normal” America, closer to their own values, but they simultaneously worry that a more modest America would demand more of them in the realm of “hard” military power.

欧洲人可能想要一个更为“正常”、更为贴近他们自己的价值观的美国，但是他们与此同时也担心一个更为谦虚的美国将会在“硬性”的军事实力上对欧洲提出更多的要求。

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To the surprise of many seasoned observers, foreign policy is having only a modest impact on voters.

令许多老资格的观察家感到惊讶的是，外交政策只对选民产生了很小的影响。

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If they came to be accepted as the guiding principles of European policy, Europe’s economy would become petrified, with stagnant growth making it impossible to afford even modest levels of social transfers.

如果它们成为欧洲政策的指导方针，那么欧洲的经济将会变得僵化、停滞不前，从而无法支付即使是温和程度的社会资金转移。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010

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Despite Japan’s relatively modest rate of economic growth, its GDP per capita is roughly $38,000, more than ten times that of either China or India.

尽管日本经济增长比率相对不高，但其人均GDP大约是3.8万美元，是中国或印度的十倍以上。

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Modest steps in that direction were taken during the IMF meetings in Singapore last September.

国际货币基金组织去年九月份在新加坡召开的会议朝这个方向迈出了一点步骤。

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