The biggest difficulty is that by squeezing the pirates hard in the Gulf of Aden the naval task forces have created a “balloon effect”, spreading attacks out to the middle of the Indian Ocean.

最大的难点是，海军军事力量在亚丁湾附近极力打压海盗，海盗却像气球一样反弹起来：海盗的袭击范围甚至扩展到了印度洋的中部。

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But the struggle over the naming of the Cabinet has provided a reminder of the lingering distrust between the two sides and the difficulty of the task ahead.

但是围绕内阁提名的斗争提醒人们不要忘记双方残留的不信任以及未来任务的艰巨性。

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The biggest difficulty is that by squeezing the pirates hard in the Gulf of Aden the naval task forces have created a "balloon effect", spreading attacks out to the middle of the Indian Ocean.

最大的难点是，海军军事力量在亚丁湾附近极力打压海盗，海盗却像气球一样反弹起来：海盗的袭击范围甚至扩展到了印度洋的中部。

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Executives have cited the difficulty of that task as a key reason for the long lead-up to the new pay system and have been testing and debugging the system.

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In part, this subtlety was a reaction to difficulty of the task.

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To predict reactions of a broader public, 31 subjects interested in quitting smoking were recruited for a focus group to evaluate samples from three antismoking ad campaigns: A (a humorous effort that empathized about the difficulty of the task), B (more serious but also empathetic), and C (lighthearted).

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