Neither side would have a real incentive to start a war. Ergo, peace would reign.
双方都没有发动战争的真实动机。因此，和平将会到来。
But this is a war, so what you're competing against, you don't want to think about because when you start thinking about the competition, you'll never be able to do it.
但是这是场战争，所以你并不想去考虑你要对抗的是什么，因为一旦当你开始思考这场竞争了，你就永做不到这样了。
There's a striking moment at the start of Thucydides' "Peloponnesian War" when he surveys Greek history up to then. The striking part is, it only lasts a couple of pages.
当修昔底德在《伯罗奔尼撒战争》的开篇纵览直到那时为止的希腊历史时，有一个引人注目之处，即它仅仅花了一两页的篇幅。
After Indian grievances had resulted in the start of Pontiac's War (1763–64), British authorities determined to subdue intercolonial rivalries and abuses by dealing with Indian problems as a whole.
当印第安人的不满导致庞蒂亚克战争（1763-64）爆发后，英国当局决心整体解决印第安问题，以平息不同殖民地间的对立争端。
The idea is to let your competitors know that you’re not eager to slash prices—but that, if a price war does start, you’ll fight to the bitter end.
这样做是要让你的竞争者知道你不急于降价，但是如果价格战开战，你会奋战到最后。
She says she doesn't want to "start a hate war" with anyone, but she does wish she could be more truthful about other artists.
她说并不想对任何人发动“讨厌”战，只希望对其他歌手们诚实些。
You can see evidence of this in a "U.S. general and war-fighter's" furtive comment to a Time reporter that in Afghanistan "there is no endgame and there hasn't been one from the start."
这一点从回应时报记者的一篇“美国将领与参战将士”的非公开性评论就可以看出。评论中指出阿富汗“战争没有结束也没有开始。”
Flash looks like a technology that had its day but is really waning, and HTML5 looks like the technology that is really on the ascendency right now... We didn't start off to have a war with Flash.
Flash看起来像一项有过鼎盛时期的技术，但的确正日渐衰落，而HTML5则看起来像一项正在占据优势的技术……我们不是在发动一场针对Flash的战争。
While Congress is angry, it is not ready to start a global trade war unless the economy worsens markedly.
美国国会虽然愤怒，但并不准备打响全球汇率战，除非经济形势显著恶化。
I think we need to re-start the dormitory inspection system; otherwise the men's dorms will continue to look like a war zone.
我觉得宿舍卫生检查制度还是应该重新执行起来。否则男生宿舍还是会跟战场似的。
The US said that the war on Iraq was about to start in a week.
美国说伊拉克之战将在一周后打响。
A consolidated industry is less likely to start a price war.
一个联合在一起的产业开始价格战的可能性会很小。
A consolidated industry is less likely to start a price war.
一个联合在一起的产业开始价格战的可能性会很小。
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