The release of the hostages could not be achieved without the use of force.

不使用武力不可能使人质获释。

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Even now we could not be sure that the militants would not find some new excuse to call a strike the following winter.

即使到现在，我们也不能确定这些激进分子不会找到某个新的借口在下一年冬天号召一场罢工。

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He had so totally given himself to scientific studies that he could not be weakened by a second love.

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A society based simply on the mutual calculation of interests could not be a real political society for Aristotle.

一个建构在双方相互算计利益的社会,对亚里士多德而言,并不是一个真正的政治社会。

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where the super model could not be an effective model for bikinis after a certain age.

比基尼模特在达到一定的年龄后就无法再担任这份工作了。

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Mortgages and particularly mortgage securities could not be sold if there were no buyers.

FORBES: Briefing Book: A. Michael Lipper

Spokespeople for JPMorgan Chase in New York could not be reached for comment on Monday morning.

FORBES: JP Morgan Sweetens Deal That Is Still Sour For Bear Investors

The committee said current practices meant the use of taxpayers' cash could not be properly scrutinised.

BBC: MSPs call to end public sector pay-off secrecy