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南北雙方形成了劍拔弩張的緊張局勢。
The North and South were at loggerheads.

這就是一場劍拔弩張的戰爭。
That’s a war tense.

近來碳關稅的糾葛已經使各國劍拔弩張了。
Recent carbon tariff disputes have made nations at daggers drawn.

球賽快結束時，有幾個時刻有劍拔弩張的感覺。
There were some tense moments at the end of this soccer game.

不幸的是這個問題隻要一提出來雙方就劍拔弩張。
It is unfortunate that there should be hot feelings on both sides whenever this subject is raised.

雖然熱情曾讓我們劍拔弩張，卻無法切斷我們的情誼。
Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

但凡說到德比，都容易聯想起一個詞——“劍拔弩張”。
Derby said when it will easily think of one word – “saber-rattling.”

競選者不僅在黨外競爭激烈，在黨內也是劍拔弩張，硝煙彌漫。
Candidates from the same party compete against each other as well as against the opposition.

因此，在親切友好的表面下，約旦支配著整個劍拔弩張的局勢。
Beneath its amiable surface, Jordan hosts many dangerously competing tensions.

他們對彼此的態度都有些吃驚，想不到竟會劍拔弩張，怒目相向。
Both were shocked at their mutual situation-that each should have betrayed anger towards the other.

為什麼美國要冒著同阿拉伯國傢業已劍拔弩張的關系，欲進兵伊拉克？
Why does it now want to risk its already tenuous standing with Arab countries by invading Iraq?

長城見證了古代中原農業文明和北方遊牧民族間劍拔弩張的激烈對抗。
Great Wall testimony ancient times area south of Yellow River agriculture civilization and north between nomads at daggers drawn intense resistance.

美國財長蓋特納口頭上的劍拔弩張是對開放的全球貿易體系的一種威脅。
The verbal sabre rattling by US Treasury Secretary Geithner is a threat to the open global trading system.

無論是以色列人還是巴基斯坦人，都十分不情願看到雙方繼續劍拔弩張。
No friend of the Israelis and the Palestinians can fail to be saddened by the continuing tension between your two peoples.

我從蘇丹南部的首府朱巴向紐爾蘭進發，一個與埃塞俄比亞劍拔弩張的邊塞小鎮。
I am in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, and heading for a remote bit of Nuerland, hard up against the bandit border with Ethiopia.

盡管發生暴動的原因還不清楚，但是該地區漢族和維吾爾族的緊張形勢已經劍拔弩張。
Althoughthe reasons for the demonstration are unclear, tensions between Uighursand Han Chinese in the region are never far from the surface.

但是，許許多多的國旗還在歐洲飄揚，邊境依然劍拔弩張，大批軍隊正在屯積新的裝備。
But a multitude of flags still waves in Europe, the frontiers still exasperate, great armies accumulate fresh stores of equipment.

同時，美國向巴基斯坦派遣了特別行動部隊確保該國核設施的安全，與當地暴徒劍拔弩張。
Meanwhile, U. S. special operations forces sent to secure Pakistani nuclear facilities face off against an angry mob.

大抵因為論者的立場不同，後世出現了兩種劍拔弩張式的或橫加貶抑或褒揚失度的評論和看法。
Generally speaking, because of the differences in the critics’ standpoints, there emerge two sharply different comments and views towards Liu Yong: extreme depreciation and excessive compliment.

熱情和慷慨是他性格中的閃光點，當這些品質表現出來時，劍拔弩張的氣氛就會神奇地煙消雲散，變得其樂融融。
His warmth and generosity were treasures, and when they appeared, animosity magically dissipated into a melting pot of goodwill.

美國地位最高的軍官馬倫上將說，北韓的核試驗並不出人意料，這是平壤越來越劍拔弩張、咄咄逼人姿態的一部分。
The top U. S. military official, Admiral Michael Mullen, said the North Korean tests were not a surprise and are part of what he called growing belligerence on the part of Pyongyang.

某市綜合局女廁所驚現一具男性腐屍，一時人心惶惶，各種利害關系劍拔弩張，在看不見的刀光劍影中，刑警如何通過。
In the women’s toilet of a department of a city, there is a dead male body. In the invisible, the policemen finally catch the real criminal.

即便是瑞銀集團繼續與美國國稅局劍拔弩張，置相關經合組織條例於不顧，在瑞士的2萬億境外資產中大約隻有5%是來自美國。
Even if the IRS remains on the warpath and goes beyond the OECD rules, perhaps only 5% of the $2 trillion of offshore assets in Switzerland comes from America.

北宋與西夏在陜北一線劍拔弩張，長期對峙，雙方在這一線駐有大量部隊，並斷斷續續進行了幾十年的戰爭，民族關系幾度緊張。
Xixia was at loggerheads with the Northern Song Dynasty in the front in Northern Shaanxi, and the confrontation lasted for long, with large troops stationed on the front.

中國和美國所面臨的劍拔弩張的流通和貿易局勢是危險的，兩國政府面對著他們很難控制的糟糕的貿易保護主義和民族主義勢力。
The squaring up of China and the United States over currency and trade is dangerous; both governments face ugly protectionist and nationalist forces that they will find hard to control.

郭老大為了抵債，便讓郭冬月嫁給蘭大川。蘭大川來娶親，申天亮也要接走冬月，雙方劍拔弩張，對峙起來，大有一觸即發之勢。
The Guo eldest child to pay off a debt in labor, then lets the Guo in eleventh lunar month marry to blue Sichuan.

有時候，爭得面紅耳赤或劍拔弩張的雙方往往隻需女人一個微笑、一個眼神或一句息事寧人的話語就能火氣頓消，甚至握手言歡。
In some cases, red won or both sides of the woman is often only a smile, a look or a word can be done Dunxiao anger, and even Woshouyanhuan.

這個城市已劍拔弩張，將面臨著四個遊行隊伍，一個“氣候營隊”和一個未知數的突發事件，還有一隊“停止戰爭”位於倫敦西區。
The Met is at full stretch, with the prospect of facing four marches, the climate camp and an unknown number of impromptu incidents as wells a Stop the War march in the West End.

但是，過去的十年間，海軍的大規模的現代化和擴充計劃初見成果，這一計劃肇始於1995和1996年臺海兩岸劍拔弩張的緊張局勢。
But the past decade has seen the fruits of a huge military modernisation and expansion programme, launched after tensions mounted in the Taiwan Strait in 1995 and 1996.