They wanted a pretext for subduing the region by force.
他们想找借口用武力征服这个地区。
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Some politicians have realised that there are more artful ways of subduing people than shooting or jailing them.
一些政客已经意识到有比枪和监狱更高明的使民众屈服的方法。
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They are the probation subduing the heart to human joys.
它们不过是抑制情欲的一种考验.
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Some believe that: is spiritual, mysterious and a very subduing colour.
有的认为: 是精神, 神秘色彩十分慑.
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He was particularly associated with protecting stags and subduing snakes.
他与守护神牡鹿和征服蛇怪有密切联系.
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Subduing them has been harder.
虽然征服他们还要加以努力.
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Kungfu techniques are less about subduing an opponent.
功夫技能并不强调征服敌人.
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Any hope of subduing him is false; the mere sight of him is overpowering.
人指望捉拿它是徒然的. 一见它,岂不丧胆么.
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A stronger currency'could be a welcome contribution to subduing'those impulses, he remarked.
他说,货币升值会是抑制这些冲动的好办法.
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