在这场论战中，马其顿的阿族人大部分选择作壁上观。

Macedonia's ethnic Albanians have mostly stayed out of this debate.

我所说的并非作壁上观或是临战退缩的一厢情愿的理想主义。

I'm not talking about the wishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight.

就像加拿大、美国及其他几个发达国家，英国似乎乐于气定神闲地坐着作壁上观：一份具有国际约束力的削减碳排放的协议越走越远。

Like Canada, the US and several other developed nations, Britain appears to be happy to sit back and watch as hopes of reaching a binding international deal to cut carbon emissions fade away.

后羿优美的老婆嫦娥对他的暴行再也不克不及作壁上观，于是她偷走了后羿的天保九如药，飞到玉轮上躲避后羿的狂怒。

Chang-Er, his beautiful wife, could no longer stand by and watch him abuse his power so she stole his Elixir and fled to the moon to escape his angry wrath.