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谢谢您，先生。 Thank you, sir.
有的人爱先做难做的工作。 Some people tackle the difficult jobs first.
希思先生是英国前任首相。 Mr. Heath is the former Prime Minister of Britain.
请问我该先买哪个品种。 Please advise me which item I should buy.
先读课文，然后解释生词。 Read the text first and then explain the new words.
工业革命首先在英国发生。 The industrial revolution had taken place in England first.
我因有约在先，所以未能参加这个会。 I was unable to attend the meeting because of a prior engagement.
有约在先，我恐怕不能与你共进晚餐。 I fear that a prior engagement will prohibit me from joining you in dinner.
这件工作同你早先的工作相比, 有些令人失望. Beside your earlier work this piece seems rather disappointing.
先让我烤烤火暖和一下，然后我们开始谈话。 Just give me a minute to thaw out in front of the fire, then we can talk.
你必须先弄懂数学基础知识, 我们才能进一步学习. You must understand the elements of mathematics before we can proceed further.
所有的顾问当中, 只有王先生提了一些中肯的建议。 Of all the consultants, only Mr. Wang gave us some proposals in point.
希尔先生和夫人招待客人真周到. Mr and Mrs Hill are such good hosts.
史密斯先生在政府的行政部门工作。 Mr. Smith works in an executive branch of the government.
倒果汁前，先把瓶子摇几下。 Give the bottle a couple of shakes before pouring the juice.
首先，要向杯子里放一小片锌板。 You should first put a small piece of zinc plate into the cup.
老师要他下课後先别走. The teacher told him to stay behind after class.
“这是您的车吗，先生？” 警察问道。 "Is this your vehicle, sir?" asked the policeman.
他的脚稍有先天畸形，走起路来一瘸一拐。 He was born with a slight deformity of the feet which made him limp.
先把系帐篷的桩子打进地里，再把绳子系在桩子上。 First hammer the tent pegs into the ground, then tie the ropes onto them.
史密斯小姐（去年访问了中国）打算嫁给爱尔伯特先生。 Miss Smith( who visited china last year) is going to marry Mr. Abbott.
一个小男孩在街上拦住了我，问道；“先生，现在几点了？” A little boy stopped me in the street and asked me, "What's the time, mister?"
我先去定好座位吧。 Suppose I reserve seats in advance.
首先, 我们没得到批准。 To start with, we haven't got the approval.
我们事先就知道有这个问题. We were aware of the problem beforehand.
我们应该学习祖先的成就。 We should study our ancestral achievements.
为了确定他在家，我事先打电话给他。 To make sure that he was at home, I called him up in advance.
我首先是一个教师, 其次才是一个作家。 I am a teacher in the first place and a writer in the next place.
那不是个好办法，首先没人会帮我们的忙。 It is not a good idea. For one thing, nobody will help us.
先把东西堆在那边。 Just dump everything over there.
首先，画一条水平线。 First, draw a horizontal line.
土豆可先煮至半熟再烤. Potatoes can be parboiled before roasting.
据说我们的祖先是猴子。 It is said that our progenitors are monkeys.
陪我的是一位高先生，他是医院院长。 Accompanying me was a Mr.Kao, director of the hospital.
我们的队扔硬币赢了， 因此由我们队先开球。 Our team won the toss so we play first.
一定要先看清小号字体印刷部分再签字. Make sure you read all the small print before signing.
你来之前先通知我，真是考虑得很周到。 It was thoughtful of you to warn me of your arrival.
咱们打个比方吧, 有个某某先生来旅馆登记. Let's suppose a Mr So-and-so registers at the hotel.
我们将按照历史上的先后顺序研究这些事件。 We will deal with events in historical sequence.
仔细研究市场情况是取得成功的先决条件. Careful study of the market is a prerequisite for success.
对于求职者，我们优先考虑有一定经验的人。 In considering people for jobs, we give preference to those with some experience.
临近终点时，那几匹马齐头并进，简直分不出先后。 As the horses raced towards the finishing post, there was nothing in it.
如果能开发出新产品，我们将乐于引进先进技术。 If new product can be developed, we'll be very glad to import advanced technology.
在生意上，你必须事先估计到你的竞争对手会如何行动。 In business, you've got to anticipate how your competitors will act.
我前来看你，是因为安德森先生说你对我们的工程很感兴趣。 I came to see you on the ground that Mr Anderson said that you were interested in our project.
你本来应该有足够的常识，在拆开电线之前先把电源切断。 You should have had enough sense to turn off the electricity supply before disconnecting the wires.
先生的学问博大精深。 The teacher had both extensive knowledge and profound scholarship.
从右边驶来的车辆享有优先通行权. Vehicles coming from the right have priority.
摄政者在他的国家推行了一套先进的制度。 The regent carried out an advanced system in his country.
我们的豆腐生产线是世界上最为先进的，久负盛名。 Our bean curd processing line is the most advanced and well- know in the world.
史密斯先生不想因坚持按市价购进而失去做买卖的机会。 Mr Smith did not want to lose his market by sticking to having it at the market price.
他对自己那本书的手稿先进行校订，然后才把它交给出版社。 He revised the manuscript of his book before sending it to the publisher.
预先测试为衡量学生是否已有足够的准备去进行更高一级的学习而举行的初步考试 A preliminary test given to determine whether students are sufficiently prepared for a more advanced course of studies.
回针缝在先前缝的一针中间加缝的一针，以便使针脚的交错重叠为原来长度的一半 A stitch made by inserting the needle at the midpoint of a preceding stitch so that the stitches overlap by half lengths.
首先，我站在一个热闹的角落，仅仅是看着人们，试图以审视他们来理解他们生活的某些东西。 First, I stand at a busy corner, merely looking at people, trying by sight of them to understand something of their live.
属一群拥有共同祖先和明显特征的有机体，尤指属于同一物种的一群，通过人工选择来发展，通过有控制的繁殖来维持 A group of organisms having common ancestors and certain distinguishable characteristics, especially a group within a species developed by artificial selection and maintained by controlled propagation.
汤姆是十六世纪的先知。 Tom is one of the seers in the sixteenth century.
在戒酒问题上，怀特先生是主张完全戒掉。 In the temperance question, Mr White takes his stand on total abstinence.
图形记录便显示了在短的间隙内先后到达的三种波。 The graphic record shows three waves arriving one after the other at short intervals.
管弦乐队新来的指挥一上任就先把较差的演奏人员清除出去了。 The new conductor start by weed out the weaker player in the orchestra.
烧鱼之前先去掉鱼鳞。 Scale the fish before cooking them.
他们以抓阄来决定谁先去。 They drew lots to decide which of them should go first.
先把黄油融化, 然後加入面粉. Melt the butter and then blend in the flour.
熨衬衫领要先喷些粉浆再熨. Spray starch on the shirt collars before ironing them.
我体谅你可能事先已另有承诺. I appreciate that you may have prior commitments.
婚姻首先是一种契约，它必须以公正为制约。 Marriage is, first of all, a contract which must be governed by justice.
史密斯先生和琼斯太太以及另外三位老师都在那儿. Mr Smith and Mrs Jones and three other teachers were there.
她先表明她非常喜欢这个, 然後批评我方法不当. Having said how much she liked it, she then proceeded to criticize the way I'd done it.
我们应该实事求是地先把费用算出来, 然後再做决定. We must be practical and work out the cost before we make a decision.
女士们、 先生们: 请别堵住通道. 谢谢诸位大力协助. Please clear the gangways, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for your co-operation.
我们来抛硬币决定谁先走吧，你是要正面还是要反面？ Let's flip a coin to decide who should go first - do you want heads or tails?
王先生与州长感情甚笃，常被邀请与其一同用餐。 Mr Wang is in the good graces of the governor, and is often invited to dine with him.
里根先生将近２兆联邦及贸易负债（亦即每户３万元）将是经济成长的绊脚石。 Mr.Reagan's nearly$2 trillion in Federal and trade debt(or$30, 000 per family) will be a ball and chain around the neck of economic growth.
起先，大厅里挤得满满的，但是他一开始讲话，人们便陆陆续续离去，不一会儿，剩下听他发言的人便寥寥无几了。 At first the hall was full, but people began to trickle out soon after the beginning of his speech, and soon there were very few left to hear the speaker.
初始设计开发阶段，首先必须发现可能存在的错误，并作相应的设计修改。正是在这个时期中，设计辅助程序、仿真技术和设计支援技术对于快速设计都是必不可少的。 The initial design development stage wherein, at first, it is certain that errors will be discovered which will require design changes. It is in this period that design aids, emulation techniques, and supportive design techniques are essential to quick design.
这所学校原先很小. The school was originally quite small.
中国首先使用火药。 Gunpowder first came in in China.
他的祖先来到英国的时候是难民. His ancestors had come to England as refugees.
我得首先表示歉意. I have to begin with an apology.
请把行李预先送出. Send your luggage on in advance.
采访过程是预先录制好的. The interview was pre-recorded.
是她最先使用的这种药品。 She pioneered the use of the drug.
外科医生首先切开血管。 First the surgeon performed the section of the blood vessel.
所有飞机均须先加油方能作长途飞行. All aircraft must fuel before a long flight.
我是由本地的旅游代理人预先安排的度假事宜。 I booked my holiday through my local travel agent.
领先者在其余赛跑者加速时就逐渐失去了优势。 The leader is losing ground as the rest of the runners accelerate.
我首先得向你们表示歉意，没来参加你们的晚会。 I have in the first place to apologize for not coming to your party.
自从我们的祖先发明指南针以来，将近两千年过去了。 Nearly two thousand years have passed since our ancestors invented the compass.
先天论，天性论先天论，大脑不能从外界信息中产生想法 The doctrine that the mind produces ideas that are not derived from external sources.
在现代战争中，机动性和先进武器比人多势众更为重要。 In modern warfare, mobility and sophisticated weapons are more important than weight of numbers.
伙伴, 该你先打. It's your honour, partner.
我会给你一磅作为先付部分。 I will give you a pound in part payment.
我们必须先测量电线的直径。 We must gauge the diameter of wire first.
这个少先队员扶着盲人过了马路。 The Young Pioneer saw the blind man across the road.
护士在缝合伤口前先清洁一下伤口。 The nurse cleansed the wound before stitching it.
林先生明天早晨将擦洗他的摩托车。 Mr. Lin will wash his motorcycle tomorrow morning.
大会议程首先 是向来宾致欢迎辞. The proceedings will begin with a speech to welcome the guests.
进屋前先在门口擦鞋垫上擦一擦鞋子。 Scrape your shoes on the door mat before you come in.
她的英雄事迹和她的先进思想是一致的。 Her heroic deeds sorted well with her advanced thinking.
你若预先通知我, 我就能给您准备好了. If you warn me in advance, I will have your order ready for you.
在演讲开始时，他总是先分发一份提纲。 At the beginning he would always hand out an outline of the lecture.
要写出好文章, 必须先从逻辑上理顺思绪. To write a good essay you must first organize your ideas logically.
猛然间我想起了先前曾在那里见到这个男孩。 It suddenly came back to me where I had seen the boy before.
把电炉打开，在穿睡衣睡裤之前把它们先烤热。 Put on the electric fire and warm your pyjamas before putting them on.
他们挑战那家公司在电子学领域中占据的领先地位。 They challenged that company's supremacy in the field of electronics.
进入皇宫时先要在入口大厅等候, 由人带领进入正殿. You have to wait in a large entrance hall before being shown into the court proper.
有效的防卫是不待对方导弹击中我们而先行将其拦截. Effective defence is a matter of intercepting their missiles before they can reach us.
多亏许多科学的工作，我们能预先知道要发生地震的时间和地点了。 Thanks to the work of many scientists, we are able to learn in advance when and where an earthquake will happen.
那液体先变成绿色, 又变成棕色了. The liquid turned green and then brown.
种树前，我们先用铁锹挖了些坑。 We dig some pits with a spade before planting the trees.
威尔逊先生已按期于3月12日抵达北京。 Mr. Wilson arvada beijing Mar12 on schedule.
先把尺寸量好, 再把木材锯成所需长短. First measure (it) up, then cut the timber to the correct length.
她看到他非常高兴，顿时完全忘记了先前的烦恼。 Her happiness at seeing him submerged her former worries.
我还没有告诉我的太太她买衣服花钱太多，她先下手为强反问我为什么花那么多钱去买新钓鱼竿。 Before I could tell my wife she had spent too much for the dress, she stole my thunder by asking why I spent so much for the new fishing rod.
琼斯先生，一路顺风。 Bon voyage, Mr.Jones.
食物吞下去之前先要细细咀嚼。 You must chew your food well before you swallow it.
应该称呼他｀先生＇还是｀牧师＇? Should he be styled `Mr' or `Reverend'?
这个老先生的财产值多少钱? What's the old man worth? ie What is the value of his possessions?
原先那片荒山如今已是果树成荫。 The barren hills are crowned with fruit trees.
比尔先唱独唱部分, 然後大家一起合唱. Bill sang the verses and everyone joined in the chorus.
吴先生正在对他的汇报作最后的润色。 Mr.Wu was putting the finishing touches to his report.
回到原先状态在、到或向着从前的状态地 In, to, or toward a former condition.
她先去请教顾问然後再来宣布决定. She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision.
她先为迟到表示歉意, 然後开始讲话. She prefaced her talk with an apology/by apologizing for being late.
我们的科学家在宇宙探索中处於领先地位。 Our scientists are leading the way in space research.
你为什么不先把问题放在一边过会儿再说? Why don't you lay that problem aside for a while and work at it later?
你现在先别决定接受这项工作: 考虑一天再说. Don't say now if you'll take the job: sleep on it first.
我穿鞋总是先左後右, 我是很迷信（这件事）的. I always put my left shoe on first; I'm superstitious (about it).
威尔逊先生怕老婆；在他家里，他太太说了算。 Mr Wilson is henpecked by his wife; she wears the pants in that family.
从伦敦以外的地方打来电话, 要先拨01再拨电话号码. If you're phoning from outside London, dial 01 in front of the number.
他揍了你我毫不同情——是你先打他的，你挨打活该。 I'm not sorry he hit you- it serves you fight for starting the fight!
在去巴林之前我必须先弄懂、熟记阿拉伯人的习惯和规矩。 I must read up on Arab customs before I go to Bahrain.
先生，你要不要试穿一下这件夹克衫，看看尺寸是否合适？ Would you like to try this jacket on for size, sir?
学生要先念一年预科, 然後才能开始攻读学位课程. Students have to do a year's preparation before they start the degree course proper.
他做任何事都要首先请示他老婆—他是个十足的“妻管严”。 He never does anything without asking his wife first—he's a completely hen-pecked husband.
各位女士、先生，现在我为你们介绍一位舞台和银幕上著名的明星，约翰·韦恩。 Ladies and gentlemen, now I will introduce to you the renowned star of the stage and screen, John Wayne.
麦利诺精纺毛纱一种柔软质轻的织物，原先是用麦利诺羊毛纺成的，但现在用任何优质羊毛都可织成 A soft, lightweight fabric made originally of merino wool but now of any fine wool.
每次使用时，必须先使其中某些部分（诸如地址等）完备起来或详加规定才能运行的一组指令。 A set of instructions in which some parts such as addresses must be completed or specified in detail each time the set is used.
我所问的那个家伙起先一声也不响，上下打量我，注意到我衣衫褴褛，然后他说：“稍等一会儿。” The fellow I spoke to made no answer at first, looked me up and down, noticed that I was almost in rags, then said," Just a minute."
欧洲新闻界常把里根先生描绘成钉住卡扎菲上校不放，譬如说对叙利亚则睁一眼闭一眼。据说叙国也有化学武器，并与恐怖活动有关。 And in the European press, Mr. Reagan was frequently portrayed as fixated on Colonel Qaddafi, turning a blind eye, for example, to Syria, which is also said to have chemical weapons and has also been tied to terrorism.
她预见到母亲的一切需要而事先做好安排. She anticipates all her mother's needs.
他先给我们讲了一个亲身经历的故事，这样大家就谈了起来。 He led off the conversation by telling us a story of his personal experience.
会议首先由他致词. He opened the conference with a speech.
该冠军领先十八秒. The champion is leading by eighteen seconds.
预期，预料预先采取的行为 The act of anticipating.
李先生显然是要移民了。 To all appearance, Mr. Li is going to migrate.
兵马未动, 粮草先行。 Food and fodder should go ahead of troops and horses.
他先在脸盆里倒了一些水。 He first poured some water in the basin.
任职时间最长的官员事事优先. The longest-serving officer always takes precedence.
接收节目前，你应该先装天线。 You should fix the television antenna before receiving programs.
算命先生预言我会同一位医生结婚。 The fortune-teller predicted that I would marry a doctor.
去年他被推选出席了先进工作者会议。 Last year he was chosen to attend a conference of advanced workers.
将数据恢复到先前已知或规定的状态。 The restoration of data to a previously known or defined state.
我因有约在先, 所以只好谢绝你的邀请. I shall have to refuse your invitation because of a prior engagement.
当然这一点必须优先考虑--这是成败的关键. Of course this must have priority it's a matter of life and death.
我们先把这件事仔细研究一下，再把它列入议事日程。 Let's thrash the matter over before putting it on the agenda.
委员会开始讨论之前，先宣读了上次的会议记录。 Before the committee started its work, the minutes of the last meeting were read out.
在我完全不了解的情况下, 她已先行办好了度假的预订手续. Quite unknown to me, she'd gone ahead and booked the holiday.
我想了解一下贵方是否继续引进先进技术和成套工厂设备。 I wonder whether you will go on import some advanced technology and complete plant.
小汽车的优点是能够在其它车辆间穿行，并且常常比大客车先到达。 The advantage of a little car is that it can weave through the traffic and often get there faster than the big buses.
他几次报名应征，但都不合标准，先是由于年纪太小，而后又由于长得太瘦。 He tried several times to enlist, but first he was too young, then too thin, to make the grade.
条件作用某一对象逐步将渴望的行为和先前无关的刺激因素联系起来的行为改变过程 A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to associate a desired behavior with a previously unrelated stimulus.
密码一种密码系统，其中固定长度的明文里的单元，通常为字母，被任意倒置或按事先确定的符号系统替换 A cryptographic system in which units of plain text of regular length, usually letters, are arbitrarily transposed or substituted according to a predetermined code.
指实现后台处理。所谓后台处理是指非联机处理，或者说不是直接和计算机连接起来而进行联机操作。优先级高的程序先于特定的后台作业执行。 Performing background processing which is not on-line or directly connected to the computer for on-line operation. High priority programs take precedence over specific background jobs.
有一个队已经遥遥领先. One team has already built up a commanding lead.
胜者有选择奖品的优先权. The winner has first pick of the prizes.
领先的那辆赛车在第十圈的中途撞毁了。 The leading car crashed midway through the tenth lap.
史密斯先生有时屈尊帮他的妻子做家务。 Mr. Smith sometimes condescends to help his wife with the housework.
福斯特先生不能接受你的宴请，深表歉意。 Mr Foster is sorry that he cannot accept your invitation to dinner.
老先生喜欢喜欢给头发擦上发膏使它光亮。 The old gentleman likes to put grease on his hair to make it shiny.
在我们这个时代先进人物正在大量地涌现出来。 Advanced figures are emerging in multitude in this era of ours.
先知先觉的人们自称在某个领域受过特别启示的人 People claiming to be unusually enlightened with regard to a subject.
记住，靠近大桥时开慢一些，迎面来的车流有先行权。 Remember to ease up as you approach the bridge; oncoming traffic has the right of way.
法国队开始时领先, 但中场休息前威尔士队已与之拉平. France took an early lead but Wales drew level (ie equalized the score) before half-time.
这次示威活动事先作了精心安排, 正好在首相访问时进行. The demonstration had been carefully stage-managed to coincide with the Prime Minister's visit.
一种重要的处理过程，其中最高优先权处理任务常常由具有优先度的实时任务形成，经过使用中断而进入较低优先权任务或后台处理任务。 An important processing procedure in which top-priority processing most often results from real-time entries which usually have precedence, through the use of interrupts into lower-priority or background processing.
威廉姆斯先生热衷于打猎。 Mr. Williams goes in for hunting.
文德先生从来没有埋怨过。 Mr de Winter has never complained.
吃樱桃前要先把梗儿去掉. Remove the stalks from the cherries before you eat them.
仆人唱名通报史密斯先生来访。 The servant announced Mr. Smith.
在各种医药研究中, 应首先解决寻找新疫苗的问题. The search for a new vaccine took priority over all other medical research.
她要求赔款遭到拒绝, 原因是她事先没有交纳保险费. Her claim was disallowed on the ground(s) that she had not paid her premium.
史密斯先生擅长做很多事情，但他从来不表现自己。 Mr Smith is expert at a lot of things, but he always hides his light under a bushel.
在师主力部队之前先行派出装甲车去侦察敌军的活动。 Armoured cars were sent ahead of the main body of the division lo spot enemy troop movements.
她在他们三人中最敏感, 首先意识到他们处境的潜在危险. The most perceptive of the three, she was the first to realize the potential danger of their situation.
巴鲁克先生讲述了他所认为的禁止抽鸦片烟的最好方法，大家都热烈赞同。 Mr Baruch stated what he thought the best method of suppressing opium smoking and the people heartily entered into his views.
如果你找不到别人，我同意为球队上场打球，但我先告诉你，我的球艺因久不练习已经生疏。 If you can't get anyone else I don't mind playing for the team, but I warn you that I'm not in practice.
反应素个体血液中的一种抗体，可以对诸如气喘病和光粉热这些变态反应产生预先的基因处理 An antibody found in the blood of individuals having a genetic predisposition to allergies such as asthma and hay fever.
这场抢劫统共经历了三分钟，因为这伙人争先恐后的爬进汽车，以使人难以置信的速度把汽车开跑了。 The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.
家谱祖先录；家族树 A list of ancestors; a family tree.
琼斯先生是个巧木匠。 Mr. Jones is a clever carpenter.
【谚】先还债，后慷慨。 Be just before you are generous.
先把地平整好再植草坪. The ground should be levelled before you plant a lawn.
先前的时间上先发生的；较早的 Occurring before in time; earlier.
玛丽·杜瓦尔夫人转交彼得·布朗先生. Mr Peter Brown c/o Mme Marie Duval....
乔治先生猛烈抨击大学的招生制度。 Mr.George lashed out at the university enrolling system.
鸡蛋还未孵，先别数鸡雏；莫过早乐观。 Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
旧稿要加上先前拷贝的原新闻的稿件 Previous journalistic copy to which succeeding copy is added.
我建议，作为可行的策略、首要事务先行。 I favor as a practical policy the putting of first things first.
这部电影是先拍摄画面的, 音乐是後加上的. The film was made first and the music was added as an afterthought.
她的追求者几乎是争先恐后向她献殷勤。 Her admirers almost fell over each other with offers of hospitality.
他在辩论中的策略是先直接抨击政府的政策。 His opening gambit at the debate is a direct attack on government policy.
史密斯先生将出任阿根廷大使的命令已经下达。 The decree has gone forth that Mr.Smith is to be the new ambassador to Argentina.
我应该先审慎打探一下这家公司的底细, 然後您再签字. I should make a few discreet enquires about the firm before you sign anything.
那位生物学家先把标本染色, 然後再通过显微镜进行观察. The biologist stained the specimen before looking at it through the microscope.
马赫先生从抽屉里拿出一条链子，链子一头挂着一串钥匙。 From the drawer Mr Mach took out a chain, with a bunch of keys dangling at its end.
先用尺在纸上划出方格，这样你就能把图精确地摹绘下来了。 Square the page off with your ruler, then you'll be able to copy the drawing accurately.
科伯，威廉1731－1800英国诗人，被认为是浪漫主义的先锋。他的最杰出的作品任务赞美了农村生活和休闲 British poet considered a precursor of romanticism. His best-known work, The Task(1785), praises rural life and leisure.
道格培里：老爷，弗吉斯先生讲起话来总是有点缠夹不清；他年纪大了，老爷，……可是说句良心话，他是个老实不过的人。 Dog-berry: Goodman Verges, sir, speaks a little off the matter: an old man, sir,…but, in faith, honest as the skin between his brows.
学校训练和工作训练之间的差距确实是英国制度方面的一个最大失败。“一般地说，学校不想了解任何与工作中的人们有关的情况，”海斯先生说。 The gap between school training and work training is, indeed, one of the greatest failures of the British system."In general schools don't want to know anything to do with the world at work, " says Mr Hayes.
猜测萨达姆心里如何想法是毫无意义的。不论他是做给伊斯兰激进分子看，还是趁最后一个机会找布什麻烦，他与美国和全世界对抗，不久就成为克林顿先生的问题。 It's pointless to try to read Saddam Hussein's mind. Whether he is playing to Islamic radicals or simply taking a final poke at George Bush, his confrontation with America and the world will soon be one more problem for Mr.Clinton.