My friends, you don't need to do nation building in Israel.

我的朋友们，你们不需要在以色列进行国家建设。

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America, it is time to focus on nation building here at home.

现在是美国把焦点放在建设自己国家的时候了。

youdao

He might have warned that nation building is no picnic, either.

他警告说，国家的建立从来都不是一次野外聚餐。

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And nation building, social cohesion, is an important outcome for us in this World Cup.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

This is still a huge question for us when we think about nation building and building new states, how to create a legitimate authority.

这对我们来说依然是个庞大的问题,当我们思考国家的建设,建设一个新的国家，如何创造合法权力。

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"And nation building, social cohesion, is an important outcome for us in this World Cup.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

Nation building, on the other hand, is unrealistic and, in my opinion, would take decades to accomplish.

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But after visiting the war zone, I have serious questions and reservations about participating in long-term nation building there.

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