cosy up to

but the days in which it was clever to cosy up to dictators have passed.

但是这些天美国善待那些过去的独裁者是聪明的。

just the sort of nation you want to cosy up to.

这样的国家，你想要跟他们靠近。

"if you cosy up to a particular politician, by default that politician's enemies will be yours, " hoogewerf said.

“如果你想讨好某个政府官员的话，那么自然这一政府官员的敌人就会成为你的敌人。”胡润说。

some businesses can be found nestling close to brazilian multinationals, in the way that growing companies cosy up to american universities.

许多企业都在巴西的跨国公司旁边安家，就像一些成长性企业通常靠近美国的大学一样。

india was perturbed by themaoists' tentative moves to cosy up to china, threatening its overweeninginfluence in nepal.

毛派先前曾试探性讨好中国，这对印度在尼泊尔的强大势力构成威胁，令其心有余辜。

the country wants to cosy up to western governments, companies and tourists, while clinging to its traditional laws and customs.

这个国家一方面想与西方的政府，公司和游客保持亲密的关系，另一方面又想坚持自己的传统法律和习惯。

And China's burgeoning demand for oil and other commodities has made it cosy up to countries whose unsavoury behaviour matters to the West, such as Iran.

同时，中国增长迅速的对石油以及其他商品的需求使得一些像伊朗那些被西方所不齿的国家对中国感到亲切友好。

why cosy up to beijing, which still has 1, 000 missiles pointed across the 100-mile stretch of water?

为何要向北京方面示好？毕竟，在100英里外的对岸，中国大陆仍有1000枚导弹指向台湾。

shouldn't the obstinately brutal record of the chinese government on human rights give us pause when we cosy up to them?

中国政府顽固地以残暴方式处理人权问题的记录，难道不会令我们在跟他们攀交情时犯下犹豫吗？

in the past, keeping israel close has allowed the army to cosy up to america.

过去，与以色列保持亲近使土耳其的军队得以讨好美国。

reluctance to cosy up to communists of any stripe is still a reflex in most of the region.

在这个地区还有一些不满意共产党领导的政党在这里活动。