You encourage them to take potshots at your proposal as a way to draw attention to what you suggest.

用这一套方法来使人采纳你的提案，既聪明又能奏效。

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Unfortunately, the likelihood is that they will take potshots at the wrong targets and ignore deeper problems.

然而不幸的是，很可能出现的结果是，欧盟的那些人对着错误的目标乱扫一气，而忽略了更深层次的问题。

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Tuesday on Twitter, some folks were quick to take potshots at the deal.

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