but the american president has also been right to resist the temptation to call for the regime’s downfall or take sides in the power struggle, let alone back mr mousavi for the presidency.

但他做的另一件正确的事是，美国挡住了种种诱惑，没有要求现任政权垮台或在这场争斗中偏袒任何一方，更别说支持穆萨维当选总统了。

i refuse to take sides in this issue.

我不会在这个问题上袒护（任何）一方。

be fair! you can「t take sides in the competition.

要公正，你不能在比赛中偏袒任何一方。

m: should the candidates take sides on the issue of civil rights?

这句话英文应该这样说:shouldthecandidatestake sidesontheissueofequalrights?

and they take sides in quarrels that freeze the progress of research.

而且他们的立场都是在那些阻止研究进步的一方的。

when two organizations fail to come to agreement to join forces, i don」t believe that gives license for anyone, outside either organization, to take sides and publically castigate one of the parties.

当双方在合作上不能达成一致，我不认为其他的局外人有权以此为由来偏袒其中任一方，并且公开指出另一方的不对。

whenever you are trying your firstcigarette, or whenever you are asked to take sides in an argument, you are always in a sense of dilemma.

当想学着抽第一支烟的时候，当不得不在一个争论里支持一方的时候，你总感到为难。

although he is regularly asked to do so, god does not take sides in american politics.

虽然我们经常恳求上帝支持美国的策略，上帝却不这么做。

bwakira said the peacekeepers reserved the right to defend themselves from insurgent attacks, but pledged that the force would not take sides in the conflict.

布瓦基拉说，维和人员有权在遇到暴乱分子袭击时进行自卫，但是他保证，维和部队不会在沖突中支持某一方。

for this reason i am not at all anxious to take sides in the struggle between the followers of the classical philologic-historical education and the education more devoted to natural science.

正因为此，我一点也不急于在古典的语言—历史教育和更注重自然科学教育的两种方法的追随者们的斗争中表态。

this uncertainty makes trying to take sides a dangerous guessing game.

这种不清晰的局面让试图在两人之间站队成为一种危险的猜谜游戏。

one of the impressive things about iraq’s present government is its refusal to take sides between america and its next-door neighbour.

当前伊拉克政府最让人印象深刻的方面就是它拒绝在美国与伊朗之间选择自己的立场。

doctors without borders states that it is neutral and does not take sides in armed conflicts.

「医生无国界组织」宣称其组织为中立组织，不会支持武装沖突的任何一方。

that’s why i can’t take sides on this issue and i’m not going to.

这就是为什么在这个问题上我没法选边站的原因，以后也不会。