1·The Japanese tend to avert open conflict.
日本人都会避免公开的冲突。
2·This means open conflict and open collaboration at once.
这意味着既公开冲突又公开合作。
3·The country had plunged swiftly into open conflict with its neighbours.
这个国家突然加入了与邻国的公开冲突。
4·But open conflict is unpleasant, and pop psychology has taught us that arguing and anger are bad things that doom a marriage.
但开启战端并不令人愉快，而且通俗心理学教导我们，争吵与愤怒对婚姻的命运并无好处。
5·If they must contend, let it at least be a fair fight with equal rights on both sides... This means open conflict and open collaboration at once.
如果它们必须对抗，则至少让它们平等地公平搏斗。…这意味着既公开冲突又公开合作。
6·Look carefully, though, and much of today's gloom is as overdone as the military metaphors that now pepper the currency debate. The world is a long way from open conflict.
尽管人们对这些问题看得很仔细，但是今天的阴暗气氛的确是被因军事化比喻而被激起的货币争端所夸大了。
7·Although they are selfish and cruel, eldritch giants are smart enough to bargain fairly when they must and perceptive enough to know that open conflict distracts them from their studies.
尽管他们自私且残忍，但在必要时，他们拥有进行公平谈判的智慧，也充分明白公开冲突会分散它们的研究精力。
8·Whether competition by land will lead to co-operation or conflict remains an open question.
大陆之间的竞争将会带来合作还是冲突，这仍是一个不得而知的问题。
9·They seek to win, or at least not to lose, and so prefer to keep the conflict open, much as if they were involved in a soccer league, with matches to be won or lost each year by fair means or foul.
他们试图取胜，至少不能输，因此也更倾向于让矛盾公开化，就像他们的足球联赛一样，比赛的输赢掺杂了各种因素。
10·Because any activity which is open to international trade is basically going to be uncompetitive in a post-conflict situation.
因为任何国际贸易相关的业务在冲突后情况下基本都不会有竞争力。