But in other cases, the stakes have become very high indeed. Bilateral relations between Indonesia and Australia since last November have become more frigid than they have been in decades, owing to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s very real anger at Australia’s refusal to offer an apology for tapping his private telephone (and his wife’s).
但有些情况下付出的代价也非常惨重。去年11月来印尼和澳大利亚的双边关系就已经跌落至数十年来的低点，苏西洛·班邦·尤多约诺总统因澳大利亚拒绝就窃听他（和他妻子）的私人电话道歉而倍感愤怒。