And, yes, Ove could have established a better negotiating position if he'd immediately apologized about it and maybe even agreed that it was regrettable that he'd intentionally put the man in the white shirt in this nonvehicular predicament.

如果欧维立刻就此道歉，甚至承认让他身处这般困境完全没有必要，他从中斡旋的余地可能还更大一些。