Now that the Iraqi debacle has made American puissance look rather less hyper, Mr Sarkozy can afford to treat the chastened superpower with magnanimity.

由于陷入伊战泥潭，美国的强权不再那么超级了，萨科奇现在可以对这个一蹶不振的超级大国宽宏大量一点了。

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At the same time, Mr Ban knows that he cannot be seen to be too cosy with the American superpower.

同时，潘基文知道，他不能让外界看来与超级大国美国过于亲密。

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When the world’s only superpower gets weighed down with this much debt — to itself and other nations — everyone will feel it.

当世界唯一的超级大国因过多的负债而被压垮时，美国及其它国家的每个人都会感觉的到？

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A sinking dollar means a poorer nation and a superpower with a sinking currency is a contradiction in terms."

美元疲软意味着国家的衰落,而美国本身又是个超级大国,两者未免自相矛盾“

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While America was preoccupied with Afghanistan, and later Iraq, China took advantage of Washington's new focus to minimise tension with the superpower and enhance its standing and its influence with its Asian neighbours.

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He said long-term relations with the superpower must be maintained.

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It would also highlight the fact that a country that has remained silently "friendly" to the US can no longer sit on the fence, quietly benefiting from its arrangement with the superpower.

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