目前，敌对双方和解的可能性似乎很渺茫。

There now seems little chance of rapprochement between the warring factions.

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敌对双方正在武装备战。

The two opponents are arming for the fight.

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在冷战时期，敌对双方都是拥有巨大人口的大国。

In the cold war, the foes were both big countries with big populations.

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The situation begins at--remember, the two sides are opposite each other in the field, probably in the morning.

战斗开始于,别忘了,战场上的敌对双方面对面列阵,也许是在早晨

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A state of war can include, in other words, " what we might call a "cold war," two hostile sides looking at each other across a barrier of some type, not clear or not certain what the other will do.

换句话说，战争状态包括，我们所说的“冷战“,敌对双方透过某种屏障,对对方虎视眈眈，却不知道对方会干什么。

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