偃旗息鼓

[yǎn qí xī gǔ]

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AllAll,lower one's banners and muffle one's drumslower one's banners and muffle one's drums,yǎnyǎn,cease all activitiescease all activities,To Lower the Banners and Silence the DrumsTo Lower the Banners and Silence the Drums
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1.
He did not see Mlynar, who by then had retreated and worked in a museum; that would have been political suicide.
他没有见到姆林纳，后者已偃旗息鼓到博物馆工作了，这也就意味着政治自杀。
tā méi yǒu jiàn dào mǔ lín nà , hòu zhě yǐ yǎn qí xī gǔ dào bó wù guǎn gōng zuò le , zhè yě jiù yì wèi zhe zhèng zhì zì shā 。
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2.
With the law of Enterprise Income Tax appearing, the quarrel of two enterprise income-tax laws which had continued 3 years halted.
随着内外资统一所得税法的颁布，持续了3年的关于“两税合一”的讨论也就此偃旗息鼓。
suí zhe nèi wài zī tǒng yī suǒ dé shuì fǎ de bān bù , chí xù le sān nián de guān yú " liǎng shuì hé yī " de tǎo lùn yě jiù cǐ yǎn qí xī gǔ 。
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3.
Thank goodness the strike was nipped in the bud by some clever negotiation. Otherwise, things could really get out of control.
谢天谢地，罢工还没闹腾起来就因为明智的谈判而偃旗息鼓。不然的话，局面真会变得不可控制。
xiè tiān xiè dì , bà gōng hái méi nào teng qǐ lái jiù yīn wèi míng zhì de tán pàn ér yǎn qí xī gǔ 。 bù rán de huà , jú miàn zhēn huì biàn de bù kě kòng zhì 。
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4.
In the wake of erstwhile acquisitive operators like the UK's Vodafone, China Mobile is now planning a shopping spree.
继英国沃达丰（Vodafone）之类老牌的“贪婪运营商”偃旗息鼓之后，现在，中国移动（ChinaMobile）正计划大举收购。
jì yīng guó wò dá fēng ( Vodafone ) zhī lèi lǎo pái de " tān lán yùn yíng shāng " yǎn qí xī gǔ zhī hòu , xiàn zài , zhōng guó yí dòng ( ChinaMobile ) zhèng jì huà dà jǔ shōu gòu 。
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5.
The couple married in a small civil ceremony in Windsor, ending years of gossip about a relationship of more than 30 years.
两人在温莎举行了一个“平民婚礼”，结为连理。至此，关于他们长达30多年恋情的流言蜚语也终于偃旗息鼓。
liǎng rén zài wēn shā jǔ xíng le yī gè " píng mín hūn lǐ " , jié wéi lián lǐ 。 zhì cǐ , guān yú tā men zhǎng dá sān shí duō nián liàn qíng de liú yán fēi yǔ yě zhōng yú yǎn qí xī gǔ 。
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6.
With the opposition out of action, the most potent criticism of Mr Tusk and his government is coming from the media and think-tanks.
随着反对派偃旗息鼓，对图斯克和其政府主要的批评来自于媒体和思想家们。
suí zhe fǎn duì pài yǎn qí xī gǔ , duì tú sī kè hé qí zhèng fǔ zhǔ yào de pī píng lái zì yú méi tǐ hé sī xiǎng jiā men 。
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7.
I've asked him to back off, to give me some space, but he gets really hurt and rejected, and I end up comforting him.
我告诉他退后一点，给我一点空间，别老粘着我，可是这让他颇感拒绝和受伤，最后我自己不得不先偃旗息鼓了。
wǒ gào su tā tuì hòu yì diǎn , gěi wǒ yì diǎn kōng jiān , bié lǎo nián zhe wǒ , kě shì zhè ràng tā pō gǎn jù jué hé shòu shāng , zuì hòu wǒ zì jǐ bù dé bù xiān yǎn qí xī gǔ le 。
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8.
A shock like the one we'd just sustained could cause a massive withdrawal from, and major contraction in, economic activity .
象我们正在经受的这种惊骇是可以引起经济活动偃旗息鼓大幅萎缩的。
xiàng wǒ men zhèng zài jīng shòu de zhè zhǒng jīng hài shì kě yǐ yǐn qǐ jīng jì huó dòng yǎn qí xī gǔ dà fú wěi suō de 。
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9.
The idea of a rights issue has not disappeared with brokers fuelling the debate about Rio's future.
随着经纪公司在有关力拓未来的争论中推波助澜，增发股票的主张并未偃旗息鼓。
suí zhe jīng jì gōng sī zài yǒu guān lì tuò wèi lái de zhēng lùn zhōng tuī bō zhù lán , zēng fā gǔ piào de zhǔ zhāng bìng wèi yǎn qí xī gǔ 。
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10.
Emerging markets may have ended a decade-long secular re-evaluation and the ridiculous Bric trade appears to be dead.
新兴市场长达十年之久的价值重估或许已经结束，而荒谬的金砖四国（Bric）狂热似乎也已偃旗息鼓。
xīn xīng shì chǎng cháng dá shí nián zhī jiǔ de jià zhí chóng gū huò xǔ yǐ jīng jié shù , ér huāng miù de jīn zhuān sì guó ( Bric ) kuáng rè sì hū yě yǐ yǎn qí xī gǔ 。
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