1·We cannot take sides in a civil war.
内战中，我们不能支持任何一方。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·She didn't think it was wise to take sides in their argument.
对于他们的辩论，她觉得向着谁都不明智。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·I do not want to take sides in this matter.
在这个问题上，我不想袒护谁。
4·Be fair! You can't take sides in the competition.
要公正，你不能在比赛中偏袒任何一方。
5·Doctors Without Borders states that it is neutral and does not take sides in armed conflicts.
“医生无国界组织”宣称其组织为中立组织，不会支持武装冲突的任何一方。
6·For this reason I am not at all anxious to take sides in the struggle between the followers of the classical philologic-historical education and the education more devoted to natural science.
正因为此，我一点也不急于在古典的语言—历史教育和更注重自然科学教育的两种方法的追随者们的斗争中表态。
7·What advice would you give if someone's mom and dad were getting divorced and they were always trying to make him take sides in their arguments? Imagine that he loves both his parents equally.
如果有个人的父母离了婚，但他既爱爸爸又爱妈妈。当他父母每次吵架就想让孩子站在自己一边，你会给那个孩子什么忠告吗？
8·She said it was important both sides now take concrete steps to improve conditions on the ground, particularly in areas where Palestinians and Israelis come into direct contact.
希拉里称脚踏实地采取行动改善地区形势意义重大，尤其是在巴以双方直接接壤的区域。
9·The two sides will continue to take positive measures to further the cooperation and exchanges between them in the scientific, technological, cultural, education, health and other fields.
双方将继续采取积极措施，进一步促进两国科技、文化、教育和卫生等领域的合作与交流。
10·Indeed, the people in Brussels talked of it as a normal bilateral commercial dispute in which the EU should neither interfere nor take sides.
事实上，布鲁塞尔的人们更多的是将此次争端作为双边贸易纠纷来谈论，认为欧盟不应该干涉，也不应该采取立场。