The real problem, as he sees it, comes from flawed thinking about the nature of confrontation, or "a belief that you have to choose between candor and respect.

他发现，其实问题的根源在于对对峙行为本质的理解不够成熟，或者“认为自己必须要在坦率与尊重之间做出选择。

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It doesn't have to be identical, but it has, at a minimum, to avoid strategies of confrontation.

两国的未来目标并不一定得完全相同，但至少要避免对抗战略。

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It is always better to have dialogue than confrontation, cooperation than containment, and a partner than a rival.

对话比对抗好，合作比遏制好，伙伴比对手好。

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"I did not have a confrontation, " he said.

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The logic of his campaign means that there would have been a confrontation between the two sides whatever the Senator's own temperament.

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He said that, in that time, Mr Weavers took the baton to Mr Jarrett's shared accommodation and "intended to have a physical confrontation" which ended up with both men suffering minor injuries.

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