The young man is shown putting up token resistance.

年轻人显示有象征性的抵抗。

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In February 2009 they were asked to take a 7% pay cut, and offered only token resistance; this was followed by further reductions in December.

2009年2月，爱尔兰的公务员被降薪7%，而职员的反映仅仅是象征性的反抗；之后再12月薪资又有小幅度的下调。

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When the enemy meets us at the threshold of any great work for God, let us accept it as "a token of salvation," and claim double blessing, victory, and power. Power is developed by resistance.

仇敌的攻击，破坏，和拦阻，我们应当看为神施行拯救的记号；这时候，就是我们向神支取加倍的祝福，胜利，和能力的机会。

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Now if all we have to go on is just this semiotic system, it's going to be kind of hard to put up resistance to by the same token we'll say "yellow" means "pause," "green" means "go."

而从语义学角度分析，我们必须不能这么想,这样绿色自然就表示继续，黄色表示暂停“

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News of it did not reach the Philippines until an American force had taken Manila against token resistance.

ECONOMIST: THE WAR OF 1898

Republicans can offer only token resistance now because Democrats hold 127 of the 160 House seats and 36 of 40 Senate seats on Beacon Hill.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: The RomneyCare Bill Comes Due

In the end the Republicans are likely to put up only token resistance, in part because some of the president's moves are popular (two-thirds of Americans approve of his clemency towards the dreamers, for example).

ECONOMIST: Executive authority v congressional oversight