Her response will be to try to preserve her popularity but fend off pressure for policies she sees as economically senseless.

反观默克尔夫人，她的反应则是尽力维持支持率但她认为抵挡压力的政策没有经济上的意义。

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Some debates are senseless, however. Committed liberals and conservatives rarely persuade each other, but public debates over policy can rally the base and sway the undecided.

然而，某些争论是没有意义的，坚定的自由派和保守派极难达成共识，但是关于政策上的大众争论可以团结基层并拉拢立场不明者。

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We've had murders, but nothing like this. This is just senseless.

我们遇到过谋杀案，但从没有过这种案件，真是愚蠢。

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These features include big-ticket items like the deductibility of mortgage interest and employer-paid health insurance premiums, plus myriad small but senseless other provisions.

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"Emotions are high, and it's a struggle for us all to make sense of something so senseless, but let us keep this young student, his family, and Mr. Poland's family in our thoughts and prayers, " he said.

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Sir Edmund Hillary's ghost would come down and beat you senseless with a crampon, but you could wear it.

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