He overcomes the odds and defeats the unscrupulous enemy.

他克服了重重困难，最终战胜了疯狂的敌人。

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He poured scorn on the notion that the U.S. thought of itself as a superpower "even after all these successive defeats."

他还讥笑美国“即使在接连战败之后”仍自视为超级大国的看法。

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“We must avoid the trap of winning tactical victories—but suffering strategic defeats—by causing civilian casualties or excessive damage and thus alienating the people,” he says.

他说：“我们必须避免那种困境，即战术上获胜——却在战略上失败——由于造成了平民伤亡或过度的破坏而与民众产生隔阂”。

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Harry Truman's triumphant grin as he hoists the "Dewey Defeats Truman" edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune.

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But he would not have undergone the psychological damage of two crushing defeats that still lay ahead, and he would not have been presiding over a country at war in Southeast Asia and with itself.

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What he can't seem to comprehend is how to beat the best in Grand Slams, where he has 10 defeats and two wins, both over Mr. Nadal (one was by injury retirement).

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