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Tariﬀs might cut the bilateral deﬁcit with China, but America would ﬁnd it nearly impossible to shrink its overall deﬁcit without engineering a domestic recession.

1 请问这里的with china是作bilateral deficit的定语，还是cut的方式状语。

2 find sth impossible without doing sth 若按肯定句翻译是：美国只有精心策划一场国内经济衰退，才可能缩减整体贸易逆差。这显然不符合逻辑，请问应该怎么翻译？

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最佳答案 2019-01-20 13:45

Tariﬀs might cut the bilateral deﬁcit with China, but America would ﬁnd it nearly impossible to shrink its overall deﬁcit without engineering a domestic recession.

【翻译】关税可能会减少与中国的双边贸易逆差，但美国将会发现，如果不策划一场国内衰退，几乎不可能缩小其总体贸易逆差。

1. 这里的with China 作bilateral deficit 的定语，意为“与中国的（双边贸易逆差）”，不是cut 的方式状语。

2. without engineering a domestic recession 是“条件”，impossible to shrink its overall deﬁcit 是“结果”。也可以理解为：只有... 才... —— 把两个否定都变成肯定。