Further, they seemed to feel it was unseemly for France - the Louvre, no less - to enter into a partnership with a minuscule oil-rich emirate with 1.6 million people and no cultural tradition.

• 此外，他们似乎觉得，和油藏丰富、却只有160万人口且了无文化传统的蕞尔小国建立夥伴关系，对法国和罗浮宫而言，都有失身分。