Though I'm still not keen on the design of the Kindle, it is a vast improvement on its predecessor and certainly tolerable.

虽然我仍然不喜欢 Kindle 的设计，但它和其前身相比已经有了很大的改进，当然也可以接受。

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Although the car is some 2 inches shorter than its predecessor, its boot is 20 percent larger.

尽管这款汽车比其上一代产品短2英寸，但它的行李箱大了20%。

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Like its predecessor, this transformation can be extended.

像其前辈一样，该转换可以扩展。

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Like the Obama Administration, Japan's new government ran hard against its predecessor's policies and put many of them under review when it took office.

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The Obama administration shelved the isolation strategy of its predecessor and is trying dialogue with the Burmese military government to push it toward reform.

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He says that plan is in line with traditional Conservative economic policy and at odds with the ideas of its predecessor, the Labor Party.

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The Bush Administration has been infinitely more energetic on this front than was its predecessor.

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Yet the Obama administration actually followed the timetable and agreement reached by its predecessor.

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That didn't stop either drug from capturing a big chunk of its predecessor's sales.

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