前美国驻爱尔兰大使称他在都柏林度过的两年“非常非常无聊”,这是不符合外交习惯的。
The former US ambassador to Ireland has behaved most undiplomatically by describing his two years in Dublin as "very, very boring."
美国外交部门承受的损失部分是由草率的习惯所致。
The damage that America's diplomatic service has suffered is partly the result of sloppy practices.
韩国人习惯潘基文的这些套路了;在国内,这位前外交官回避棘手问题的倾向为他赢得了“滑鳝”的绰号。
South Koreans are used to that sort of thing from Mr Ban; back home, the former diplomat's tendency to duck awkward questions won him the nickname "the slippery eel".
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