While you are in the prime of life, why not devote yourselves to a special field of study?

为什么不把握人生中最美好的时间，努力做一种专门学问呢？

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Winning is not the prime objective in this sport.

获胜不是这项体育运动的主要目的。

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He did not quit as France's prime minister of his own accord.

他不是自愿地辞去法国总理一职的。

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And Turkey's Prime Minister indicated he might not attend a mid-April nuclear energy summit in Washington hosted by President Obama.

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If a firm is competing against a customer let's say for a non-prime loan perhaps that assumption is not quite so safe.

如果一家公司在和客户博弈,比如发放说次级贷款,可能假设不是那么完备

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Subprime refers to mortgages, which is not the subject of today's lecture, but a subprime mortgage is a mortgage issued to a borrower who is not considered prime--not a good risk.

次贷指的是次级抵押贷款,这不属于今天的讨论范围之内,次级抵押贷款是发放给特殊借款人的,他们不是优质客户,也就是说风险较大

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The reason that many sub-prime borrowers do not demand prime loans or shop around for the best sub-prime price is a lack of basic financial knowledge.

ECONOMIST: Lawmakers, state and federal, are mounting an attack

They point to the release of the not-ready-for-prime-time Maps apps in the new iOS 6 mobile software in September.

FORBES: Apple May Deliver Big iPhone Sales And A Lowball Forecast That "Jolts" Investors

The app, which has been MIA since Apple replaced it with their own not-ready-for-prime-time Maps app with the launch of iOS 6 in September.

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