It's been a long day for Britain's former prime minister. But despite the dogged questioning from the inquiry's five panel members, he rarely seemed flustered. Even when confronted with the failures of the post-war planning for Iraq, Tony Blair was adamant his government had done all it could to plan for the eventualities.

对于英国前首相布莱尔来说，这是非常漫长的一天。但是，尽管调查委员会5位成员咄咄逼人，他却没有表现出慌乱。即使面临伊拉克战后计划失败的问题时，布莱尔仍然坚称他的政府已经尽其所能来应付任何可能出现的情况.



dogged:showing determination; not giving up easily 顽强的;坚持不懈的
dogged determination/persistence 顽强的决心／毅力
their dogged defence of the city 他们对城市的严防死守

flustered:激动不安的,慌张的,局促不安的
She arrived late, looking hot and flustered. 她迟到了,显得火急火燎,局促不安.

adamant:determined not to change your mind or to be persuaded about something 坚决的;坚定不移的
Jessica was adamant that she would not come. 杰西卡坚决不来.

eventuality:something that may possibly happen, especially something unpleasant (尤指令人不快的)可能发生的事情,可能出现的结果