人们坐守城堡并加强其防御攻势，等着敌人知难而退的日子一去不复返了。

Its no longer the case that somebody can sit, walled up in their castle and wait for the enemy to go away.

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在曼彻斯特年会上，财政大臣更进一步，向欧元区的防御机制展开最大攻势：委婉要求德国承诺更大的救助份额。

In Manchester, the chancellor went further, calling for euro-zone defence mechanisms to be given "maximum firepower" : a coded call for Germany to commit vast sums.

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