Yet he cannot afford to rest on his laurels. His political future may seem promising, but Spain's long-running economic boom is not quite so healthy.

然而他可不能沉湎于过去的荣耀而不思进取，因为尽管其仕途前景一片光明，但西班牙长期的经济繁荣却不见得是一种健康的增长方式。

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Yet he's done this not to excuse inaction, but to remind the country that he cannot do everything he wants to do... just yet.

现在他这么说并不是为不采取行动找借口，而是在提醒他的国人现在他还不能做他想做的、现在还不行。

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It cannot yet handle more complex counter-measures, he admits, but these are harder to deploy than critics imagine.

但是这个系统并不能解决更加复杂的针对措施，但是针对措施也不像批评者想得那样容易布置。

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Yet he cannot wriggle free of the traditional British predicament, wanting to lead and keep its distance from Europe at the same time.

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It is his department that will get the blame if we get fined yet he cannot force the agriculture department to do what he says.

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Yet he cannot plead ignorance of the Senate's workings.

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