To staveoffdefeat, they held tens of thousands of civilians as human shields in their shrinking corner of northern Sri Lanka.
为了延迟自己的战败,他们在南斯里兰卡自己那日渐缩小的地盘上,携数万平民为人盾。
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He has spent a full 60 days thus far considering a request from General Stanley McChrystal, Nato commander in Afghanistan, for another 44, 000 troops to staveoffdefeat.