The foreign secretary is reported as saying that force will have to be used if diplomacy fails.报道称，外交大臣表示如果外交努力不能奏效将不得不使用武力。There was intense speculation that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament.人们普遍猜测前外交大臣可能会空降至苏格兰议会。The foreign secretary ran the gauntlet of demonstrators.外交大臣受到了游行示威者的围攻。