Where transactions are “lumpy”, as in the commercial aircraft industry, the short-term profits from undercutting rivals are too big to resist.

但类似民用航空这种价格“奢侈”的行业，情形就不同了，其针对竞争对手降价带来的短期利益之丰厚，实在令人难以抗拒。

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Some children prefer smooth food, where as others like lumpy, and some children like crisp foods, but others like soft.

一些孩子喜欢酥脆的食物，另一些孩子更喜欢较软的食品。

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Certain news and magazine publications are now wary of news aggregators such as Flipboard, after seeing lumpy growth in advertising revenue from putting their content in the app.

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For many women who have despaired of ever ridding themselves of the lumpy fat deposits known as cellulite, the company's claims about Cellasene, however ill-supported, are persuasive enough.

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Of course, the pitfalls are potentially manifold, too: you could end up with a lumpy mattress, a cat lady as proprietor, or worse.

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