Republican members of the commission objected to the weak proposals to reduce health-care spending while democrats recoiled at the weight assigned to spending cuts , in particular for social security .

赤字委员会的共和党代表反对减少医保支出的没有多大作用的提案，民主党代表畏惧于对支出的削减量尤其是社会保障的削减量。

America 's reputation suffered a terrible beating in the sands of iraq , but so in the end did osama bin laden 's as the arab public , sunni as well as shia , recoiled from al-qaeda 's atrocities , which killed more muslims than infidels .

在伊拉克的沙漠中，美国的声望深受打击；但到头来，奥萨马本拉登的名声同样也未能幸免，无论是逊尼派还是什叶派的阿拉伯公众都对基地组织的暴行感到畏惧，在这些袭击中遇害的穆斯林人数超过了异教徒。

Brought up in the consensual gm way , he recoiled from forcing a showdown with the union , or hacking back the sprawling dealer network , when both were urgently required .

他在gm妥协的环境中成长的，他在和工会谈判对峙的时候让步了，也不敢削减遍布各地的经销商网络，而这些都是要急待解决的。

Even so , as someone who had enjoyed a succession of rapid promotions , he recoiled from the prospect of watching younger colleagues race past him while he picked up projects for the next 15 years .

尽管如此，作为一位经历连续迅速擢升的人，在他开始规划15年的计划时，他害怕看到比他年轻的同事超越自己。