Some people argue that a short and decisive battle for supremacy would in the end cause less suffering than the protracted one now raging under America's nose.

有些人认为，与其让这些冲突天天在美军鼻子底下持续上演，不如干脆速战速决，一场大决战后彼此都少受苦。

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They have had a very short time to actually prepare for it. So it's hard to tell what the tendencies, how it would have been if they had had a few months 'chance to actually get the battle going.

他们实际上只有很短的时间进行准备，因此，很难判断会有什么样的发展趋势，如果实际上只有几个月时间进行竞选，情况的确也只能如此了。

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After a short battle, the French were defeated and the city of Quebec was seized.

经过短暂的战斗，法军被击败，魁北克市被英军攻下来了。

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The rugged style landscape that he so set out to battle seemed to fall short of fleeting with a desperate fight for acceptance and significance.

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