This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.

这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。

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The announcement followed an interior ministry statement couched as both an appeal and a warning.

此前内政部发表了一份声明，被视为既是呼吁，又是警告。

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Its directives are couched in the masculine singular, so it seems to be addressing Israelite males as the legal subjects in the community.

它的指令是用阳性单数来表达的，所以它似乎是把以色列男性作为社会的法律主体。

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But its directives are couched in the masculine singular. So it seems to be addressing Israelite males as the legal subjects in the community.

但这种直接是通过单数阳性词表达的，它似乎只是把,以色列男性当作该群落里的法律主体。

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But its admonition on this point is general and couched as a task for the IMF and Financial Stability Forum, although neither has direct control over regulators.

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