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基本解释

Bwakira said the peacekeepers reserved the right to defend themselves from insurgent attacks, but pledged that the force would not take sides in the conflict.
布瓦基拉说，维和人员有权在遇到暴乱分子袭击时进行自卫，但是他保证，维和部队不会在冲突中支持某一方。
But the American president has also been right to resist the temptation to call for the regime’s downfall or take sides in the power struggle, let alone back Mr Mousavi for the presidency.
但他做的另一件正确的事是，美国挡住了种种诱惑，没有要求现任政权垮台或在这场争斗中偏袒任何一方，更别说支持穆萨维当选总统了。
And they take sides in quarrels that freeze the progress of research.
而且他们的立场都是在那些阻止研究进步的一方的。

But school officials under the First Amendment may not take sides in religion."
Seoul suspects Pyongyang was to blame. China has expressed condolences for the lives lost in the incident, but has refused to take sides.

If this survey had to take sides in the argument, it would support the optimists.
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Notably, neither the president nor his secretary of education wanted to take sides in the dispute.
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