A combination of spiralling costs, long timescales and conflicting interests among voters had sapped political will.
不斷增長(zhǎng)的開支 、 耗時(shí)過(guò)長(zhǎng),以及選民利益的沖突,耗盡了政治家們的決心.
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Perhaps willfully, it may be easier to think about such lengthy timescales than about the more immediate future.
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