the flip side

基本解释

However, the flip side of that point raises an interesting question: how great can these performances be if the film is still bad?
但是这一现象的另一方面引发了一个有趣的问题：如果影片仍然很差劲的话，这些演技能好到哪里去？
Most of that money went to the United States — hence our giant trade deficit, because a trade deficit is the flip side of capital inflows.
这其中的大部分流去了美国，因此就形成了我们巨大的贸易赤字，因为贸易赤字的另一面就是资本流入。
Most economists would agree with what my friend at the meeting had said; but he seemed either oblivious (not likely) or simply unconcerned (more likely) with the flip side of what he had just uttered.
大多数经济学家都会同意这位朋友刚刚所说的话；但他似乎没有看到（可能性不大）或压根就不关心（这种可能性更大）事情的另一面。

The flip side is there are going to be a couple of lectures now where it is not going to be on the test, so I think you will deal with it.
现在这种对立面将是,一些现在的课程,这些不会在考试上出现，所以我想你能处理好的。
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Egypt being the best example, so that no longer was war possible, but the flip side of that is, there was also another thing that was impossible -- freedom.
埃及就是最好的例证,所以当和平年代到来时,其对立面必然显现,即总有另一件事物,变得难以实现,那就是自由
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So, this is the flip side.
这是另一股力量。
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The United States, the wealthiest nation on earth, presents the flip side of this paradox.
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