sabre rattling

常見例句

As global economies sink into bankruptcy, sabre rattling may on occasion be used to distract the populace, but in the main current trends become more pronounced.
由于全球經(jīng)濟(jì)陷入破產(chǎn)，戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)叫囂偶爾會(huì)被用來轉(zhuǎn)移大眾的注意力，但大體上當(dāng)前的趨勢(shì)變得更加顯著。
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The verbal sabre rattling by US Treasury Secretary Geithner is a threat to the open global trading system.
美國(guó)財(cái)長(zhǎng)蓋特納口頭上的劍拔弩張是對(duì)開放的全球貿(mào)易體系的一種威脅。
So they do a bit of sabre-rattling but mostly let their companies use tax havens to suit their needs.
因此它們只是虛張聲勢(shì)，很多時(shí)候會(huì)讓自己國(guó)家的公司利用避稅港各取所需。

Expect more sabre rattling over the Strait of Hormuz to grab the headlines, and far more seriously, Iraq to take a significant turn for the worse through Shia cross-border meddling.
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The cost of this has been dropping steadily since 2000 even as Iranian sabre-rattling gets louder.
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He himself eschews nationalistic sabre-rattling and looks to the party's liberal wing for fresh ideas.
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