Britain usually opposed France, the strongest European state, although at times other states threatened European peace and stability as well.

通常，英国反对的是法国，法国是欧洲最强的国家，尽管有时其他国家也威胁到欧洲的和平与稳定。

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Britain had been a highly successful nation state and global power.

英国曾经是一个成功的民族国家，也曾是一个全球性的大国。

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The trouble is, the case held up a mirror less to the real state of Britain than to its dark, psychic fears.

问题是，本案件给英国的黑暗，和心灵的恐惧举起一面镜子多于它的真的情况。

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Lincoln answered that he would be happy to make Seward ambassador to Britain, instead of secretary of state.

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"We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level with a European super-state exercising a new dominance from Brussels, " she exclaimed.

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