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On the contrary, according to the IMF, “weakness has been contained to certain portions of the sub-prime market (and, to a lesser extent, the Alt-A market), and is not likely to pose a serious systemic threat."恰恰相反，按照国际货币基金组织的观点，“缺陷被限制在了次贷市场的某些特定部分（比方说Alt-A细分市场），因此不太可能造成严重的系统性威胁。”© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011
The dominant conflict is no longer the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, but the threat of a confrontation between Iran and Saudi Arabia for sub-regional supremacy, and between Iran and the US for regional hegemony.首要的冲突不再是巴以斗争，而是伊朗和沙特阿拉伯之间争夺副区域控制权和伊朗与美国之间争夺地区霸权的冲突威胁。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011
Faced with the threat of financial sanctions, Iran’s political elite is increasingly realizing the price of its confrontational course.面对金融制裁的威胁，伊朗的政治精英阶层会更加认识到其为对峙所付出的代价。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010
Both presidents, at the end of their respective terms, sought to resolve one of the world’s most dangerous conflicts, while facing the threat that time was running out on them.两位总统在任期的最后都寻求解决世界上最为危险的冲突，而面临着时间迅速流逝的威胁。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
An administration that has consistently boasted of its willingness to bend (and sometimes break) the law to meet an unprecedented threat has become notorious not for its flexibility, but for its rigidity.如果政府一贯宣称其愿意扭曲法律(有时违反法律)来应付前所未有的威胁，那么，它就会因为它的顽固而非灵活而臭名昭著。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010
At the IPU Conference held in Moscow in September 1998, IPU addressed the issue of consumption and illicit trafficking of drugs and organized crime as a serious threat to peoples and States.议会联盟于1998年9月在莫斯科举行的会议上, 讨论了严重危害各族人民和国家的吸食和贩运毒品及 有组织犯罪等问题。© 2000-2011年版权http://www.un.org/ 02.02.2011© United Nations 2010http://www.un.org/ 02.02.2011
The Georgian government views the Abkhazian and Ossetian conflicts as the country’s principal security threat and impediment to development.而格鲁吉亚政府把阿布哈兹和南奥塞梯地区的冲突视为这个国家首 要的安全威胁以及阻碍发展的问题。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011
He is currently advocating a referendum on whether Taiwan should join the United Nations, which China views as provocative and a threat to China’s unity.他目前正在鼓吹就台湾是否应该加入联合国举行全民公决，而中国则把这一事态视为挑衅以及对中国统一的威胁。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011
But the global slowdown, which takes the fangs out of the strike threat, will keep private-sector workers in line no matter how much their leaders may rant and rave.但全球经济放缓使得罢工失去了威胁，无论工会领导人如何咆哮叫嚷，私有部门的工人都将无计可施。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011
Today, those in France who opposed the EU constitution succeeded in stigmatizing “Europe” as the threat.当今，在法国反对欧盟宪法的人成 功地将“欧洲”打上了威胁的烙印。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010
Moreover, the overstatement of the threat posed by Iran is also being used as a convenient excuse for political inflexibility and stagnating reform processes throughout the region.而且，过度渲染伊朗构成的威胁也是被用来整个中东地区政治僵化和改革进程停滞的方便的借口而已。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 27.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 27.10.2010
I argued at Davos that central bankers also got it wrong by misjudging the threat of a downturn and failing to provide sufficient regulation.我在达沃斯会议上指出中央银行也犯下了错误，它们误判了经济下滑的威胁并且没有提高足够的监管。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011
This last sentiment is posing a serious threat to Belgium’s survival.这一仇视对比利时的生存构成严重的威胁。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
Moreover, with the disappearance of the Soviet Union as a common threat, Europe’s left-wing parties are increasingly defining themselves as anti-American.不仅如此，随着作为欧洲共同威胁的苏联的解体，欧洲左翼政党正越来越倾向于采取反美立场。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010
However, over-reliance on Russia for a strategically vital commodity widens the divergence of interests between members, like Germany, that share a privileged partnership with Russia, and those, like Poland, that consider the Kremlin a threat.但是，过分依赖俄国提供具有重要战略意义的商品扩大了各成员国之间的利益分歧，比如与俄国享有优先伙伴关系的德国，和把克里姆林看作一种巨大威胁的波兰。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011
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threat of war
战争威胁
use or threat of use of nuclear weapons
使用或威胁使用核武器
terrorist threat
恐怖威胁
environmental threat
环境威胁
triple threat
三重威胁
military threat
军事威胁
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