They could fight shoulder-to-shoulder against a common enemy.

他们能同心协力地抗击一个共同的敌人。

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They combined against a common enemy.

他们联手对付共同的敌人。

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By identifying a common enemy.

确定共同的敌人。

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"We are in Afghanistan to confront a common enemy that threatens the United States, our friends and allies, and the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan who have suffered the most at the hands of violent extremists,".

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What this did was it established a super ordinate goal, that is a goal that everybody shared, and perhaps more important a common enemy.

这个方法设立了一个最高目标，所有队员都分享一个共同的目标，或者更准确地说，一个共同的敌人。

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These are sort of flailing away at different ideas but another way of doing--an older way is proposed by Plato, who viewed laughter as a form of bonding against a common enemy.

我现在说的都是各种猜想,但从另一个角度看，一个古老的角度,这是由柏拉图提出的，他认为笑是一种巩固感情的形式,对抗共同的敌人。

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Both men know that a lack of unity can only benefit a common enemy.

BBC: Obama and Netanyahu play down differences

Maybe Apple and Android fans can band together in the face of a common enemy.

CNN: iPhone snobbery greets Instagram's Android app

Oh, and they also both have a common enemy named Google to help each other take down.

FORBES: Early Clues A Facebook, Apple Partnership Is Brewing