It's hard to get a sympathetic hearing when your work, if successful, is clearly going to knock the blocks out from under civilization.
当你的工作是成功的，无疑将会清除文明社会中的障碍物时，要得到赞成的倾听是困难的。
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If Ukraine were kept out, it could easily fall back under the sway of a newly resurgent Russia; and the knock-on effects for other vulnerable places, such as Georgia and Moldova, could be serious.