决定取消——或者至少显著淡化——自己继承的某项政策，其实可能起到强化领导力的作用，因为它为推行其它雄心勃勃的计划留出了空间和精力。
A decision to withdraw from, or at least significantly reduce, an inherited policy could actually strengthen the leadership, by giving more space and energy to push through other ambitious plans.
与此同时，保守党人也避免这个话题，以免勾起人们回想起他们以前“不友好党”的形象——在大卫·卡梅伦的领导下，这种形象已经基本被淡化了。
The Tories, meanwhile, avoid the subject for fear of reviving their old image as the "nasty party" -an image assiduously softened under the leadership of David Cameron.
两位领导人还试图淡化他们在扭转经济下滑的具体做法上存在的分歧。
The two leaders downplayed differences on steps to reverse the current economic slide.
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