Don't stress minor issues at the expense of the central task.

不要因次要问题而冲淡了中心任务。

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The central task of this ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting, which coincides with the turn of the century, is to make preparations for the 3rd ASEM Summit Meeting to be held in this year 2000.

本次亚欧外长会议适逢世纪之交，会议的中心任务是为2000年的亚欧首脑会议做准备。

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It's a central task of safety work to control hazards.

危险源控制是安全工作的中心任务。

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That is why the central task for discussions and debates during the Conference is to define new priorities of cultural policy as policy for culture.

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To be fair to the politicians, this fiscal balancing act is far harder than the central bankers' task, for two reasons.

ECONOMIST: Fiscal policy

For more than two decades, central banks' main task was to fight inflation.

ECONOMIST: Yesterday's financial architecture needs refurbishing