Four, or even eight, more years of US policy à la Bush would inflict such damage on the substance of the transatlantic alliance as to threaten its very existence.

4年，甚至8年的“布什式”美国政策的继续会给跨大西洋联盟造成实质性的破坏，甚至危及其生存。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

The best method of strengthening Ahmadinejad, however, appears to be to threaten the country and the regime as a whole.

然而，强化内贾德力量的最佳方式似乎就是 威胁该国及其整个政权。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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Iran will continue to threaten the world community that it will use its oil weapon, but this is highly unlikely.

伊朗会继续以其石油武器来要挟国际社会，但将此付诸行动的可能性却很小。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 21.12.2010

The other scenario is when the two sides have already engaged in bilateral peace talks, paid the domestic political price, and reached agreement on most issues, though some matters remain unresolved and threaten to derail the process.

另一个背景条件是当双方已经参加双边和平会谈，付出了国内政治代价，并且虽然有些问题仍然没有得到解决而且有使进程偏离轨道的威胁，但是在绝大多数问题上取得了共识的时候。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 27.10.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 27.10.2010

Unlike the fracas over an American missile shield in Europe, this conflict shows no signs of blowing over, and threatens to damage further the rocky relationship between Russia and the West.

与美国在欧洲部署导弹防御系统问题上的喧嚣吵闹不同，这次冲突没有任何被人们淡忘的迹象，而且可能给本已困难的俄国与西方国家关系造成进一步的损害。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011

Wouldn’t Lugovoi’s entrance into politics bring about the ideal solution to the problem of finding an heir for Putin? That search, after all, is threatening to divide the nation’s elite.

Lugovoi进入政界难道不是对普京寻找继任者这一问题的理想解决方案么？毕竟这场选秀有分裂该国精英阶层的危险。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010

threatens, insults or causes any loss to be suffered by any person who has attended before the Commission, on account of such attendance;

因某人曾到委员会席前而对他加以威胁或侮辱，或导致他蒙受任何损失；

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 04.09.2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 04.09.2011

Without plentiful and low-cost energy, every aspect of the global economy is threatened.

没有丰富低价的能源，全球经济的所有领域都在面临危险。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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Doing virtually no good while dramatically decreasing energy efficiency and increasing air pollution merely threatens any hope for enlightened public policy.

在几乎没有任何效果的同时大幅度降低能源效率和加重空气污染只会对实行开明公共政策的希望造成威胁。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 16.02.2011

After the Soviet tanks put an end to the Prague Spring, a Russian policeman threatened one young Czech that he would “beat the Zappa music out” of him.

在苏联坦克结束了布拉格的春天之后，一位俄国警察威胁一名捷克青年要把“扎帕的 音乐从他身上打出去”。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

The world economy is increasingly threatened by volatile market reactions to global imbalances at a time when the IMF has largely lost its original raison d’être as the world’s central monetary institution.

在国际货币基金组织（IMF）几乎已丧失其起初作为世界性中央货币机构而存在的理由的情况下，世界经济正越来越受到来自对全球不平衡的动荡市场反应的威胁。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 15.01.2011

Notwithstanding anything in the Trade Unions Ordinance , any person who, during the period of effect of an order under this section, calls, organizes, procures or finances a strike, or threatens to do so;

尽管《职工会条例》另有规定，任何人于根据本条发出的命令有效期间，在该命令指明的雇佣范围或该范围的任何部分内发起、组织、促致或资助罢工，或威胁作出此等行为；

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 18.07.2011

http://www.legislation.gov.hk/eng/index.htm 18.07.2011

In Poland last autumn, younger voters helped to replace a government whose incipient authoritarianism and xenophobic attitudes threatened to isolate their country.

去年秋天，波兰的年轻选民协助取代了当时的政府，那届政府独裁主义和仇外政策的苗头使得这个国家面临着被孤立的威胁。

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http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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First, the doctrine of “preemption,” which was devised in response to the 2001 attacks, was inappropriately broadened to include Iraq and other so-called “rogue states” that threatened to develop weapons of mass destruction.

首先，为回应2001年袭击制定的“先发制人”的总体策略被不恰当地扩大到涵盖伊拉克和其它威胁要发展大规模杀伤性武器的其它所谓“流氓”国家。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

A perfect storm is forming in the foreign exchange markets that threatens to catapult the euro to levels that will make even the euro-zone’s most efficient exporter—Germany—unable to compete in world markets.

一场完美风暴正在外汇市场上形成。这一风暴威胁到把欧元升值到令即使欧元区最为具有效率的国家德国无法在世界市场竞争的水平。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 11.01.2011