If not by force, under what sort of deal?

如果不用武力，那种方式还可用？

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Dishuichuanshi not by force, but because the day and night.

滴水穿石不是靠力，而是因为不舍昼夜。

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China undertook formally to settle its territorial disputes with ASEAN members not by force but through collective mechanisms for conflict resolution.

中国正式承诺，要通过集体机制而不是武力来解决与东盟国家的边境争端。

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They would not surrender. The war would not end until the Confederate armies were defeated by military force.

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Potidaea every year received magistrates who governed their city from Corinth and this was not imposed, this was not by force, this was by mutual agreement.

迁徙地每年都会有科林斯派来,管理城市的行政官,但这并非强制之举,它并不靠武力维持,只是双方的协议

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Newton is not going to come and tell you what force the spring will exert when it's pulled by some amount.

牛顿不会过来告诉你,弹簧被拉伸一定量时会产生多大的力

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"There is a tradition of policing in the UK, policing by consent, not by force, policing with the support and the co-operation of the public, " said Mr Paddick, the Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2008 London mayoral elections.

BBC: Paddick's fears over armed police

The borders should not be changed by force and the status quo ante should be restored as a pre-condition for a subsequent demarcation and delineation of the border.

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But consumer lobbies not backed by law and force are ultimately impotent.

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