Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki already warned lawmakers,Saturday, that a failure to approve the electoral law would cause the government to "lose its legitimacy" and thrust the country back into an atmosphere of chaos and violence.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

The entire thrust of the book is devoted to the taming of spiritedness, and to the control of spiritedness.

整本书的力道,都致力于开发意志，并控制意志。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It's a spear that you thrust and it's got a bronze point, which is the business end of the weapon.

而是用来刺杀的近战武器,在刺人的一端有铜质的矛头

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"It was a failure with regards to its initial mission, a success to the triumph of the people that suddenly were thrust upon a problem that they never anticipated, they never planned for, they never trained for, and were able to pull off successfully a successful recovery."

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

"I think that there will be a refocusing of how the UK can operate within Pakistan and Afghanistan, but also there will be some serious questions about whether or not the UK can maintain this expeditionary role" TV debates, a first in British politics, have thrust the outsider Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats into the role of kingmaker in a close election.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30