The team's last bid to reach a big tournament, overseen by a native known as “the wally with a brolly”, ended in humiliation.
这支球队上一次在联赛中输得颜面扫地，在场督战的是一名英国人，人称“打伞的傻帽”。
They are scheming to execute all manner of nefarious deeds as a last bid to hold on or destroy you ones, meaning the planet and its inhabitants.
他们诡计多端地施行一切邪恶行径，苟延残喘着，或者试图去毁灭你们——意思是这个星球及其居民。
Last week, the Galaxy rejected Milan's first bid for Beckham, saying the England midfielder would return to Los Angeles as scheduled unless the Italians came up with a higher offer.
上周，银河拒绝了米兰对贝克·汉姆的首次报价，并表示这名英格兰中场球员将如期返回洛杉矶，除非意大利人提出一个更高的报价。
Even though Mr Brown has perked up since the last, failed bid to oust him, Mr Cameron is still likely to best him in the face-off of a campaign.
尽管布朗上次经历了一次失败的逼宫运动，并从中再次鼓起勇气，卡梅隆还是有可能在竞选中的争锋相对中击垮他。
Carrefour slowed its rate of growth late last decade in a bid to restructure, and then hit the accelerator again last year.
过去的十年，家乐福一直处在调整期中，增速明显放缓，但从去年开始，又重回高速增长的轨道。
The Web search and advertising company last summer rejected Microsoft's $42-a-share bid and its shares were trading recently at $13.11.
网络搜索和广告公司雅虎去年夏天拒绝了微软(Microsoft)每股42美元的收购报价，现在股价已经跌到了13.11美元。
Twitchange was a 10-day auction that ended last weekend where anyone could bid on more than 100 famous actors, musicians and sports stars volunteering their tweets.
Twitchange是一项为期10天的拍卖活动，本次活动由eBay承办，网友可以通过eBay的在线拍卖系统Kompolt进行竞拍，拍卖已于上周末结束。 参加本次拍卖的有著名演员、音乐家和体育明星等100多位社会名流，每个人都可以对他们自愿提供的推文喊价，价高者得。
England, which last held the tournament in 1966, will not be able to bid again until Europe's turn next comes around with the 2026 World Cup.
英国，上一次是在1966年举办这项赛事，再次申办世界杯至少要等到再轮到欧洲举办世界杯的时候，申办2026年那次了。
Such is the allure of potash that rumours last year suggested that Vale or BHP might bid for a big global fertiliser company such as America's Mosaic or PCS of Canada.
钾肥的诱惑如此之大，去年甚至有传闻称，淡水河谷和必和必拓可能竞标收购全球最大的化肥公司诸如美国的美盛公司和加拿大钾肥公司(PCS)。
The machine, which was designed to smash together beams of protons in a bid recreate conditions after the Big Bang, was launched with great fanfare last year.
这部设计来使质子光束相互碰撞以模仿宇宙大爆炸的机器，是在去年大吹大擂地启动的。
Last year, McDonald's even announced a sporty makeover for Ronald McDonald, its mascot clown, in a bid to encourage children to be more active.
去年，麦当劳甚至还宣布要对它的小丑吉祥物——麦当劳叔叔进行翻新改造，使其具有运动型外表，以鼓励孩子们更为活泼。
Sinochem and its Sinofert Holdings Ltd. unit are "closely watching" BHP's bid, Sinofert's Chief Executive Officer Feng Zhibin said last week.
中化化肥首席执行官冯志斌上周表示，中化集团和中化化肥控股有限公司都密切关注必和必拓的收购要约。
Last week telefonica's finance director attacked Portugal Telecom for rejecting its bid without consulting shareholders, which he said raised questions about the firm's corporate governance.
上周西班牙电信的财务总监攻击葡萄牙电信说他们在没有征求股东意见的情况下就拒绝了西班牙方面的收购要约，他的言论对葡萄牙方面的公司管理提出了问题。
His view was echoed at the court of appeal last month, where the boys lost their bid to overturn their convictions.
上月中级法院与他观点类似，两个小子失去了翻盘的余地。
Ranbaxy, a big Indian generics firm, gobbled up six competitors last year and is now talking with private-equity firms about a bid for the generics arm of Germany's Merck.
印度仿制药大厂南新去年一口气吞掉了6个竞争者，目前正与私人股本公司洽谈，以竞标德国默克的仿制药子公司。
Biogen Idec put itself up for sale last year, but the recalcitrant management found clever ways to make the bidding process so onerous and unattractive that nobody made a bid for it.
BiogenIdec公司去年整体待售，但是顽强而精明的管理层想尽办法让竞价过程变得无比乏味，令人望而却步，最后竟无人出价。
Harvey Golub stepped down last week as AIG's chairman after the board rejected a reduced bid from Prudential that Benmosche had supported.
董事会拒绝批准保诚保险降低收购金额后，而本默切支持这一方案，上周美国国际集团董事长哈维·格鲁伯(HarveyGolub)辞职。
We are making it our mission to ask other countries to support the England bid and we feel we are better placed than last time.
我们把让其他国家支持英格兰申办作为我们的使命，我们感觉我们比上次更加有希望。
NRG even filed a lawsuit claiming that Exelon had misrepresented its bid, but it was thrown out by a federal court last month.
NRG甚至起诉Exelon故意给出错误报价，但此诉讼于上月被联邦法院否决。
China once bid for the 2008 Olympic Games, and we won at last.
中国一度竞争举办2008年奥运会，最后我们中标了。(胜利了)。
China once bid for the 2008 Olympic Games, and we won at last.
中国一度竞争举办2008年奥运会，最后我们中标了。(胜利了)。
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