A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
联盟
Alliance
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
婚姻是这样一种联盟:一个男人关着窗户睡不着，一个女人开着窗户睡不着。
Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
联盟-在国际政治中，两个小偷的联盟，他们的手深深地插在对方的口袋里，不能单独抢劫第三个人。
An understanding is perhaps better than an alliance, which may stereotype arrangements which cannot be regarded as permanent in view of the changing circumstances from day to day.
一种谅解也许比一种联盟更好，这种联盟可能使安排定型，但鉴于每天的情况不断变化，这种安排不能被认为是永久的。
In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order to treat HIV among the world's poor is one of the last great hopes of solidarity across a widening divide.
事实上，在我看来，跨越国界建立战略联盟以治疗世界贫困人口中的艾滋病毒，是跨越日益扩大的鸿沟团结起来的最后巨大希望之一。
The first and most important is to emphasize the enduring nature of the alliance relationship particularly with Europe which does share our values and interests even if it disagrees with us on specific policies.
首先，也是最重要的是，要强调联盟关系的持久性，尤其是与欧洲的联盟关系。欧洲与我们有共同的价值观和利益，即使它在具体政策上与我们意见相左。