所谓的“特殊关系”在近几年中大大弱化，国会在12月之前一直拒绝支持军事干预叙利亚令这一关系雪上加霜。
The so-called “special relationship” has already become considerably less so in recent years, with Parliament’s refusal until December to support military action in Syria taking a particularly heavy toll in this regard.