It was never actually used but it was a great idea.

虽然这个想法并没有成为现实，但它却是个非常伟大的想法。

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Now, it is true that we're bringing Rational forward within the much broader context of SWG, but that's the primary reason Mike thought the Rational acquisition was a great idea in the first place.

现在，我们确实是在更广阔的SWG环境里带Rational前进，而这是Mike认为Rational收购首先是个好主意的主要原因。

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Everyone of my coworkers believed my idea was great but the boss threw cold water on it and called it a bad idea.

我所有的同事都深信我的意见好极了，但老板却给我泼了一头冷水并说我的想法不咋地。

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It was never actually used but it was a great idea.

虽然这个想法并没有成为现实,但它却是个非常伟大的想法。

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Finally, Milton's poem is late by virtue of the simple fact that it's written in the form of an epic. An epic might have seemed like a great idea when Milton was nineteen, but by the time Milton gets actually around to writing it, it's an entirely superannuated, utterly outdated form.

最后，弥尔顿这么晚才写这首诗是因为,这是一首史诗，在弥尔顿19岁的时候,写首史诗看起来可能是个好主意，但到了弥尔顿真正要写的时候，史诗已经是一种完全落伍过时的诗体了。

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It was a great idea, but not an easy one to pull off.

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"In hindsight it was a great idea, but we weren't expecting it to be anything more than a joke amongst ourselves, " says Amit Khanna, a 30-year-old accountant in Toronto.

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But TokBox decided eight months later that going it alone was not a great idea.

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