"In small doses" nghĩa là gì?

"In small doses" nghĩa là một lượng nhỏ hoặc (trải qua/tham gia) trong thời gian ngắn.

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Few of us actually till the land for a living, so there's no way in the world we need upright sheaves of wheat (lượm lúa mì) at every corner. As charming as country home decor can be in small doses, it's all too easy to go overboard.

Kissinger has often said that his negotiating strategy (chiến lược đàm phán) involves making bold steps rather than countless piecemeal concessions (nhượng bộ từng chút). "I always tried to determine the most reasonable outcome and then get there rapidly in one or two moves," he has written, referring specifically to Vietnam. "Shaving the salami (góp gió thành bão) encourages the other side to hold on to see what the next concession is likely to be." But in fact, Kissinger kept subtly (khôn khéo) sweetening the American position in small doses.

In 1956, the Communist leader of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev, delivered this quote at a press conference: “We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade (xâm lược) the U.S.; we will destroy you from within.” And in 1959, he said: “We can’t expect American people to jump from Capitalism (chủ nghĩa Tư bản) to Communism (chủ nghĩa Cộng sản), but we can assist their elected leaders by feeding them small doses of socialism (chủ nghĩa xã hội) until they awaken one day to find they already have communism.”

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