European Foreign Ministers have called for diplomacy rather than a military option to prod Iran to abandon its nuclear activities, despite lack of progress in talks with Iranian officials in Geneva.

尽管欧盟与伊朗官员在日内瓦的会谈没有取得进展，但欧洲各国外长仍呼吁通过外交途径，而不是军事手段推动伊朗放弃核活动。

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Keeping America's testing option open makes it harder to argue that other states should abandon theirs.

如果美国在核试验问题上还给自己留有余地，那么，主张他国废除核试验，美国就更难开口了。

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My enjoyment of golf, a lifelong pleasure, was such that to abandon the sport was not an option.

WSJ: Why Shorter Can Be Better for Golfers. Really.