rearguard action

they tried to stage a rearguard action to defend vienna, but it was futile.

他们试图作为后卫部队来包围维也纳，但是却失败了。

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They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished.

两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。

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so far, the intermediaries have fought a rearguard action, but that is unlikely to stop mr erhard for long.

目前中间商已经打起了一场保卫战，但这不太可能长久地阻挡艾哈德。

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To veer further off the Enterprise Week message, I wonder whether this Treasury-inspired campaign merely represents a rearguard action against demographics?

离创业周的话题再远一些。我想知道，英国财政部授意下的此次活动，仅是对人口结构变化的一种防卫行动吗？

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the porters are fighting a rearguard action against change.

搬运工人如今正为反对政策变化而进行着一场后卫战斗。

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with mr obama throwing his weight behind internet privacy, this rearguard action is less likely to be successful.

随着奥巴马先生动用职权支持网络隐私保护，网络公司发起的这场保卫战更无望取胜。

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and he will also have to fight a rearguard action to preserve some of the achievements of his first term.

而他也将为了维护第一个任期内的一些成就而以后卫上场。

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Mr Urban looks increasingly like someone fighting a rearguard action to keep their job.

厄本先生越来越像为了保住工作作最后一搏的那些人。

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ge has been fighting for months a rearguard action over the soundness of its finance business.

数月来，通用电气一直在努力捍卫旗下金融业务的稳健性。

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made superfluous by the link, although wikipedia is fighting a brave rearguard action.

它们因链接变得多余，虽然维基总是在防止盗链（不知对不对）。

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as one of the world's leading defenders, rio is well qualified to judge rangers' resolute rearguard action.

作为世界顶级后卫之一，里奥很有资格评价流浪者顽强的防守表现。

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but they will always be fighting a rearguard action.

但这场战争他们永远无望获胜。

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