Never copy foreign things blindly or mechanically.

不要盲目地或机械地照搬外国的东西。

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But can foreign things become native?

但是外来物能变成土生土长的吗？

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Many Shanghainese prefer foreign things on principle - whether handbags or stage shows.

许多上海人原则上喜欢国外的东西——不管是手提袋还是舞台剧。

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But the situation of domestic policy making and foreign policy making are two different things."

VOA: special.2009.01.10

His admiration for foreign things and approaches was tempered by, as Hughes argues, his devotion to Russia, which he oversaw.

正如休斯所说,他虽然歆慕外国文化,但仍被本国传统所抑制,他还是忠于他统治之下的俄国

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They basically all failed and were taken over by foreign banks after the Mexican Crisis, so that's a sign of how things can go amiss.

他们已然全数破产并于,墨西哥银行业危机,之后被外国银行接管,这正是事态发展恶劣程度的标志

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Politicians will not dismantle the single market, but there is a lot they can do to meddle: doling out state aids, encouraging mergers and alliances to create national or European "champions", and taking an aggressive stance on foreign imports through things like anti-dumping complaints.

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The foreign investment banks have two things that most domestic firms lack: access to big foreign institutional customers, which buy many of these financial instruments, and expertise in the techniques of modern finance.

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But as the U.S. pulls back a shrinking Navy, President Obama's foreign policy things are starting to change.

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