Retaliation, or even the threat, would carry more legitimacy if it were part of a multilateral agreement and done on a world stage.

如果在多边协定下，在同一个世界舞台内，威胁亦或是恐吓将带来更多的合理性。

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The most pressing threat to the office romance, Solovay says, is the rise of the retaliation lawsuit.

索洛韦说，对办公室恋情最迫切的威胁是报复性诉讼的兴起。

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The capacity to destroy proved difficult to translate into a plausible threat even against countries with no capacity for retaliation.

摧毁能力甚至对没有报复能力的国家也很难成为一种真正的威胁。

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But the CIA attack has already inspired at least one threat of retaliation.

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America's decision to impose steel safeguards has already unleashed safeguard actions in other countries, along with the threat of retaliation.

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The goal should not be a sterilized environment, but a place of respect and dignity, free of the threat of retaliation.

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