The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.

警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

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Renewed opposition to offshore drilling could break the various constituencies apart.

再次出现的对近海石油开采的反对会使许多选区变得支离破碎。

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Beholders like to use this ray against warriors and other powerful creatures early in a fight, to break up the opposition.

眼魔喜欢在战斗开始时将此射线用于对付勇士和其他强力肉搏生物，以打破敌人的阵形。

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Mr.Obama accused Republicans of playing politics with the issue, after at least one opposition senator said failure to pass health reform could "break" the president.

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But the bill to open such trade still faces heavy opposition in Congress and probably will not be debated until after the legislative body's August break.

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The BBC's Paul Reynolds in Washington says the move is a break from the total opposition Mr Bush expressed during the election campaign, but is the most restricted one he could probably have taken given his pro-life position.

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For nothing will make or break the next leader of the opposition like his response to the government's austerity programme.

ECONOMIST: Britain is in store for another perilously close election

The officer was hit on the head by a stone when police intervened to break up a gathering of opposition supporters in the capital.

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