Usage examples of "обоюдоострый" in Russian with translation to English

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В действительности, такие чувства национального предательства способствовали трансформации китайского культа стыда за свою нацию из полезного инструмента правительственной пропаганды в обоюдоострый меч, направленный против самого правительства. In effect, such feelings of national betrayal served to transform China's cult of national shame from a useful tool of government propaganda into a two-edged sword wielded against the government itself.

Ахмадинежад и его фракция сталкиваются с обоюдоострой проблемой: Ahmadinejad and his faction face a two-edged problem:

Впрочем, по мере того как он начинает вместо своей бесконечной, эгоцентричной кампанейщины пытаться управлять государством, его «Твиттер» становится обоюдоострым мечом, который отпугивает нужных союзников. But as he turns from his permanent self-centered campaigning to trying to govern, Twitter becomes a two-edged sword that deters needed allies.

Ахмадинежад и его фракция сталкиваются с обоюдоострой проблемой: Хаменеи нокаутировал их с политической точки зрения, в то время как необузданная экономическая коррупция и провалившиеся усилия по проведению реформ разочаровали многих президентских сторонников. Ahmadinejad and his faction face a two-edged problem: Khamenei has boxed them in politically, while rampant economic corruption and failed efforts at reform have disillusioned many of the president’s supporters.

Превосходство США в Азии ? это обоюдоострый меч. US leadership in Asia is a double-edged sword.

Вместе с тем космические технологии, точно так же как и ядерные технологии и технологии клонирования, могут быть квалифицированы как обоюдоострый меч: они могут способствовать благополучию человечества, но они и могут причинить миру серьезный ущерб, если будут применяться ненадлежащим образом или бесконтрольно. That said, however, outer space technology may be described as a double-edged sword, just like nuclear and cloning technologies: it is capable of contributing to the well-being of humankind, but it can also cause severe harm to the world if applied improperly or without control.

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