He had tried to outflank them.

他曾试图占据上风，战胜他们。

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Thus, these "individuals" outsmart and outflank the high and the mighty, who, one is left to conclude, simply surrender to their superior insight.

因此，这些“个人”在思想和行动上都超越了那些位高权重的人，对于他们我们也只能认为，他们将在更高的智慧面前臣服。

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Proper justice is designed precisely to outflank such escalation.

适当的公平准确的说是为包庇这些权利扩大化而设计出来的。

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Razor wire was also strung across the fields beside the bridge to prevent any efforts to outflank the barrier.

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But his only option for beating Livni in the Kadima leadership primary is to outflank her on the Left.

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He hopes in this way to soften Mr Sharon's objections, and also to outflank the sizeable scepticism in his own Labour Party.

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