（这未必大大有助于他显而易见的争取成为下一任联合国秘书长的意愿：对于这个职位，主要大国永远更喜欢平庸温和的秘书，而不是有创造力的统帅。 ）
(Not that this will much help his evident willingness to be drafted as the next UN Secretary-General: in that role the major powers have always preferred bland secretaries to creative generals.)