The long war of attrition exhausted the strength of both countries.

这场长期的消耗战耗尽了两国的力量。

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But those will be just one battle in a long war.

不过这只是一场大战中的一次小胜利而已。

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After waging a long war with their eldest son, Jay, now 18, over his homework, they decided to do things differently with their youngest two, Spencer, 11, and Brittany, 10.

他们的大儿子杰伊今年十八岁。在为家庭作业和儿子经历了长期的斗争之后，他们决定以不同的方式对待两个小儿子，11岁的斯宾塞和10岁的布列塔尼。

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Scott believed it would be a long war.

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They have a very high respect for a criminal Jew, who led some kind of guerilla war and was executed long ago, somewhere in Syria.

他们非常尊敬一名犹太罪犯，他指挥了某种游击战，很久以前被处死了，就在叙利亚某处。

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It's this kind of wealth that allow them to fight this long, hard war of independence, which they finally win.

这些所带来的财富,就成了他们为之奋斗的原动力,使得他们在艰苦的独立战争中获得胜利

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"It is a long war of attrition with no end in sight, " wrote Gerges.

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But overall, it concludes, we are still in the first phase of a potentially long war.

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But I believe that in a long war it is Microsoft that will win.

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