The move was part of a clear signal that Howard Stringer would pass the baton to him.

这清楚地表明现任CEO霍华德•斯金格会把索尼的权杖交给他。

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In the future you may be able to purchase computing capacity to serve as a surrogate, to pass the baton from the physical world to the digital world.

未来人们很有可能买到某种计算力，也能用数据把物质世界存留下来。

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Hoping to inherit clients from a higher-up usually takes years of work on those accounts, with no guarantee of a payoff if the senior partner then decides to pass the baton to someone else.

要想从一位上司手中继承客户资源，往往需要花费数年来经营这些客户，而且不一定能够获得回报，因为这位高级合伙人可能会将接力棒传递给别人。

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The minister said he appreciated Mr Donaghy's "agreement to pass the baton to the new team".

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In short: this is the right time to prepare to pass the baton and ensure a smooth transition.

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You can get all the press together, put on a tracksuit, try to pass the baton around and you'd understand the pressures and accuracy which is needed.

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