That is no less damning a criticism, reflecting the toll on the alliance's fighting capability of inadequate or poorly conceived defence spending by too many of its members (see table).

这是公允的批评，它对北约战斗力不足以及各成员国军事投入不够的现状提出了批评(见上图)。

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When the stones destined to the final defence were in place, Enjolras had the bottles which he had set under the table where Mabeuf lay, carried to the first floor.

当指定作最后防御物的铺路石安置好时，安灼拉命令把他放在马白夫停尸桌下的酒瓶搬上二楼。

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We have nine men on the treatment table, most of them in defence, where Marcos Cafu and Serginho have been crucial in the past.

我们有九名球员在理疗室中，他们大多数是后卫，而卡福和塞尔吉尼奥是这个位置上至关重要的。

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Mr Kendall's law partner is 42-year-old Nicole Seligman , the second woman at the defence table.

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He told reporters that all options for dealing with Iran remained on the table, while Israeli defence secretary Moshe Yaalon said "one way or another Iran's nuclear programme will be stopped".

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Now the rest of the world's defence industry will be crowding round the Lockheed table looking for crumbs.

ECONOMIST: The Pentagon