The Iranians, he predicted, would attempt to “drag out negotiations ... while they continue to build up their enrichment capability”.

他预计伊朗人们将会试图”在谈判桌上实行拖延.并继续建立自己的浓缩(铀)能力.

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Likewise, he pointed out that these negotiations will not be allowed to drag on forever.

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Instead, the Tory's leader in the House, Lord Cranborne, privately told the government his backbenchers would use trench warfare tactics to drag out the passage of the bill through the Lords and so secret negotiations began.

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While the negotiations with North Korea drag on, the effort to talk Iran out of its nuclear ambitions is apparently near a dead end.

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