It adopts the tactics of the weak by backing militants in the region (and by taking hostages), yet appears to be seeking the ultimate power of nuclear weapons.

伊朗采取的是弱者惯用的伎俩——支持本地区武装分子(以及挟制人质)，却又表现出一心追求核武器无以伦比威力的姿态。

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Some of us are supermen, and it is quite wrong and wicked for us to be treated as though we were ordinary fellows, and therefore do not tie us down with these ridiculous codes of ethics, and morals, and other things which are simply the weapons by which the weak hold down the strong."

有些甚至是超人,把我们都作为普通人,来对待是错的,是不道德的,所以别用荒唐的,道德伦理来束缚我们,或用武器这样粗陋的东西来约束我们,那是弱者用来压制强者的工具"

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This is simply due to the fact that regardless of all the new pricing weapons retailers can deploy, and more potentially looming, weak consumer demand will continue to force prices down.

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