Some slight incident may touch off a major war.
一件小事可以触发一场大战。
The incident on the frontier touched off a major war.
边境发生的这起事件触发了一场大战。
Even a limited confrontation can escalate into a major war.
即使是局部的对抗也可能扩大成一场大战。
Coming as it did on the eve of a major war, its drama was heightened.
由于它发生在一次世界大战的前夜，其戏剧性就更高。
But American plans for a major war to, say, defend South Korea have in the past envisaged dispatching 20 or 21 brigades, notes the CBO.
然而美国却计划一场大战，比如说，过去设想派遣20或者21个作战旅保卫韩国，CBO指出。
It seems doubtful whether civilization can stand another major war, and it is at least thinkable that the way out lies through non-violence.
文明能否承受再一次大战好象难以预测，至少可以想到出路在于非暴力。
Steel's fragility at low temperatures first became a major concern during the Second World War.
第二次世界大战期间，钢在低温下的易碎性首次成为人们关注的主要问题。
Mr. Cameron's team are not proposing to revive the non-coop policy that John Major tried during the "beef war" of 1996, another unhappy Tory European memory.
卡梅伦先生的团队并不打算恢复约翰·梅杰在1996年的“牛肉战争”期间尝试的不作为政策，这是保守党在欧洲留下的另一个不愉快的记忆。
I was a major in the war, you know.
你知道，我在那场战争期间是个少校。
During major conflicts (冲突) such as the war in Syria, Save the Children doesn't choose sides—it chooses children.
在像叙利亚战争这种重大冲突面前，拯救儿童运动不会为政治站边，只会保护孩子。
Major protests against the U.S.-led war in Iraq have been mounted in dozens of countries allied with Washington, including Canada, Britain, Germany, and Japan.
反对美国领导的伊拉克战争的大型抗议活动，已在美国的几十个盟国展开，其中包括加拿大、英国、德国和日本。
Major protests against the U. S. -led war in Iraq have been mounted in dozens of countries allied with Washington, including Canada, Britain, Germany, and Japan.
反对美国领导的伊拉克战争的大型抗议活动，已在美国的几十个盟国展开，其中包括加拿大、英国、德国和日本。
He was a wire service reporter covering major campaigns of World War II before working in radio and then joining a pioneering TV news venture at the CBS affiliate in Washington.
他在电台工作前曾在一家通讯社担任记者，负责报道二次世界大战的重大活动，之后他加入了CBS在华盛顿的一个电视新闻创业公司。
Simplistically put, the Baron's War was fought over money and power; the major nobles of England thought that King Henry III had too much of the latter and was exercising it poorly.
简单说来，这个王爵之战是为金钱和权力的战争。英国主要贵族认为国王亨利三世拥有太多权力而且行使不当。
The other major carriers had no choice but to go along, and the industry found itself in the middle of a full-fledged price war.
其他大的航空公司也不得不被动的实行降价，因此航空行业陷入了一场成熟的价格大战中。
A hotbed ofintellectual and cultural activity as well as a major touristdestination before the war, Beirut since the 1990s has been steadilyrepairing its reputation and architecture.
贝鲁特战前是知识和文化活动的温床，也是主要的旅游区，自1990年代以来，它已经不断地修复了自己的声望和建筑。
When the town was part of Virginia, it was the site of the Harpers Ferry Raid, one of the major incidents precipitating the American Civil war, and of several battles of the war.
当该镇还是弗吉尼亚州的一部分时，发生了哈普斯渡口袭击案，那是美国内战的一个主要导火索，而后在那里发生了几次战役。
Castro, the last of the major players of the Cold War still alive, said his duty is "to contribute experience and ideas whose modest value comes from the exceptional times that I have lived through."
卡斯特罗，是冷战期间主要人物中目前还健在的，他指出，他的责任就是把他在非常时间中经历形成的各种有价值的经验和想法贡献出来。
"He told me a lot about his life," Yuan said. "he was a vet in World War II and went through a lot of major battles and worked in the Ford Company."
“他给我讲了很多他的人生故事，”Yuan说，“他是二战时期的退伍军人，经历了很多主要的战役，现在在福特公司工作。”
In the imaginary year 1984 the Earth is divided among three major nations which constantly wage war against each other.
故事中的1984年，地球上有3个主要的国家，相互间经常打仗。
Look for social networking to continue to play a major role in our lives in 2008 as the platform war brewing between Facebook and Google (and the others?) heats up.
展望2008年，社会交际网络将继续在我们的生活中扮演着重要角色；同时，酝酿于Facebook与Google(以及其他网络)之间的用户平台之战也将愈演愈烈。
Warfare is no longer an unavoidable option in many regional settlements. The longstanding pursuit for a peaceful and humane world further reduces the possibility of a war between major powers.
战争已不再是许多区域解决争端问题的不二选择了，对和平友好世界的不懈追求也降低了大国之间发生战争的可能性。
By middle school, Fravel was a habitué of the original Borders bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mich. , and had read virtually all of the major memoirs written about the Vietnam War.
中学时，傅瑞威尔是密西根安阿伯原国界书店的一名常客，在那里，他阅读了所有有关越南战争的回忆录。
By middle school, Fravel was a habitué of the original Borders bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mich. , and had read virtually all of the major memoirs written about the Vietnam War.
中学时，傅瑞威尔是密西根安阿伯原国界书店的一名常客，在那里，他阅读了所有有关越南战争的回忆录。
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