Balt

基本解釋

Membership of the European Union has provided the Irish and the Balts with some protection from pressure by larger nations, but it cannot solve all problems.
歐盟(EU)成員國身份為愛爾蘭和波羅的海國家提供了一些保護，令它們免受大國的壓力，但這不能解決所有問題。
The Balts are also well placed to advise other countries how to turn rough-and-ready, ramshackle armies into something more professional.
波羅的海人同樣還恰當?shù)馗嬖V其它國家如何將凌亂的，搖搖欲墜的軍隊變得更加專業(yè)。
The Balts still need to treat their soldiers better, and to increase defence spending (though so do bigger and richer members from western Europe).
波羅的海人仍然需要更好地對待他們的士兵并增加防務開支（盡管來自西歐更大更富有的成員也需如此）。

Post-Soviet Balts face problems with corruption as deep as those of any Mediterranean country.
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But, of all the northerners, Denmark has been keenest to bring the Balts into the alliance.
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