布朗表示，这个准司法的决定完全归于麦卡斯基尔。

The quasi-judicial decision, said Mr Brown, was entirely Mr MacAskill's to make.

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麦卡斯基尔坚持以法规和富于同情心的道德标准来解释此事。

Explaining it, Mr MacAskill clung as much to the rules as to the compassionate moral high ground.

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麦卡斯基夫人及时躲开了，伸手拿起一个熨斗，作为一种让她舒心的东西，她希望用它给这场美食决斗划上一个句号。

Mrs. McCaskey dodged in time. She reached for a flat-iron, with which, as a sort of cordial, she hoped to bring the gastronomical duel to a close.

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