1·He's addressing a group of rough equals (who nonetheless form a hierarchy), he wants to move an agenda forward, and to do so he has to combine suasion and truth in a delicate mixture.
他是在给一群难对付的同级们作演讲(虽然不是等级关系),他若想推动一项议程向前,就需要把说服和事实巧妙结合。
2·In some places, such as Britain, this is being done by moral suasion only; elsewhere, as in Italy, Banks may be forced to lend.
在有些地方,比如说英国,鼓励贷款只靠道德上的说服,而在意大利,银行却被强迫贷款给企业。