The hostages are being used as political pawns.

人质正被用作政治卒子。

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I would suggest that for the time being you behave as circumspectly as possible in political matters.

我建议，眼下你还是在政治问题上表现得尽可能谨慎些。

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According to the majority of Americans, women are every bit as capable of being good political leaders as men.

根据大多数美国人的观点，女性和男性一样完全有能力成为优秀的政治领袖。

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At the same time, courts began to support students who were being punished for political and social dissent.

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Gender differences, he says, are no more relevant when it comes to positions of political rule being bald and being hairy.

他表示，当性别差异,放到政治支配的位置时,秃发与多发间的区别无关。

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Jefferson and his colleagues could confidently proclaim their political rights as being colleague and the gift of a creator.

杰斐逊和他的同僚宣称,他们的政治权利是不言自明的,是造物主所赐予的

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They now carry water for a variety of social and political goals being promoted by a political elite.

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It seems as if India's influential Planning Commission realised this when it warned that the poor state of the country's economy was being forgotten amid the political crisis being faced by the United Front government.

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But if we are to say that this is, at best, very slightly dodgy statistics being released to make a political point we must then ask ourselves what is that political point being made?

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