但现在这群名利追逐者却不同,他们主要利用自己作为父母的失职来开始自己的媒体事业。
But what makes this current crop of fame seekers different is that they are primarily using their parental dysfunction to launch media careers.
他们雇佣了一群博士们来构造完善的系统,从错综复杂的抵押卷宗里试图搜索出任何一丝一毫可能导致出错的东西。
They hired Ph.D.s to build sophisticated systems to comb through complicated mortgage portfolios to analyze everything that could possibly go wrong.
有一个人说,伊拉克人是“一群不守规矩的shirugi(俚语,指愚笨的沼地阿拉伯人),需要棒压统治,需要一名强势之人来管住他们。”
Iraqis, says one, are “an unruly mass of shirugi—slang for thick-headed Marsh Arabs—who need the rule of the rod, a strongman, to control them.”
俄勒冈大学和俄勒冈州立大学的研究人员对中美洲的切叶蚁进行了研究,他们发现,蚁群中的年轻和精力充沛的成员被委派去做最艰难的工作——将蚁群收集起来的叶片切成碎片。这些身强力壮的切叶蚁用它们锐利的牙齿做起这种工作来很有效率,但是随着年龄的增长,它们的牙齿也会变得破旧而迟钝。
A study of Central American leaf-cutter ants has shown that the younger and more vigorous members of the colony are given the toughest job of cutting through the leaves they harvest.
不久前,一群音乐制作人制作了一部反映约翰·列侬人生经历的音乐剧,他们曾设想将有许多人来观看该剧。
When a lifelong Beatles fan and his producers devised a musical about the life of John Lennon, they imagined all the people who would go along to watch.
这样一来,他们就能直接对零售投资商销售保险。 而这批人占了市政债券购买客户群的36%。
This would enable them to sell their wares directly to retail investors, who account for 36% of the buyer base for municipal bonds.
华氏451度设想了一个书籍被禁止且烧毁的未来,而一群人通过默记来把他们延续下去。
Fahrenheit 451 imagines a future in which books are banned and burned, and a group of people memorize them to carry them on.
这群贵族并不需要花俏的商标来炫耀他们的财富。
These patricians don't need gaudy symbols to advertise their wealth.
欧盟委员会充斥着一群态度粗暴、狂妄自大之人,他们并不是通过友好的共识来进行管理,而是经过拉帮结伙、行贿受贿和恃强凌弱达成肮脏的妥协。
The European Council is a rough, swaggering sort of grouping. It operates not by finding cosy consensus, but by reaching grubby compromise after lots of camp-forming, bribery and bullying.
他们都犯过错误,但他们并不是一群小坏蛋,而且幸运的是总有足够的爱来应对。
They've all got their faults... But they're not such a bad little gang... And luckily there's always enough love to go round.
切尼先生看上去更像是“高斯·福特公园族”而不是“猎鹿一族”。所谓高斯·福特公园族是指一群上了年纪的、大腹便便的纨绔子弟,悠然自得地等着出高价雇来的人将猎物赶进他们的射程。
Mr Cheney's own expedition was a lot closer to "Gosford Park" than "the Deer Hunter" -a group of fat old toffs waiting for wildlife to be flushed towards them at huge expense.
互联网像涡轮增压机对汽车那样,加快了多渠道公司的成长,使他们能够充分利用现有的资产、品牌和客户群来撬动收入和利润的增长。
The Internet has turbo-charged the growthof multichannel companies, enabling them to leverage their existing assets, brands, and customer bases for revenue and profit growth.
高年级学生是一群大孩子,他们性格另类,被授予来打小点的孩子们。
The Sixth Form was a group of older boys who were selected as having 'character' and were empowered to beat smaller boys.
本周二的团体游客颇有代表性,他们是一群专程来寻找“希望”的日本人。
Typical of this was the arrival on Tuesday of a sizeable group of Japanese tourists who flocked to "Hope."
一群身着蓝色西装的IBM雇员忽然出现在Sun总部,来索要七项专利的授权费,IBM声称Sun侵犯了他们这七项专利。
A pack of IBM employees in blue suits showed up at Sun headquarters seeking royalties for 7 patents that IBM claimed Sun had infringed.
波利斯基先生有一群搞建筑的朋友,还有一个由以前的集体农庄村民组成的安装艺术家团队,从2000年起,他们就开始利用那里的天然材料来制作大型雕塑了。
With architect friends and a team of collective-farmers-turned-installation-artists, Mr. Polissky has been making large-scale sculptures from natural materials in and around the village since 2000.
Hale挂断了,走出车外,观察着LJ母亲坟墓边的一小群哀悼者,他们是来送葬的。
Hale hangs up, steps out of the car and looks at the small group of mourners gathered at a tearful graveside service for LJ's mother.
我总是看到一些人骑自行车来锻炼他们的身体,他们是一群人,看起来很健美,从他们的体型就可以看出来。
I always see some people riding the bicycle to exercise their bodies, they are group and look so fit, I can tell from their body shapes.
在这本书里,米勒向我们提供了一种奇妙的概况,是关于许多不同种类的动物,像蚂蚁、蜜蜂、白蚁群和麻雀,他们是如何通过“集体智慧”的影响力来解决繁琐的问题的。
In it, Miller provides a fascinating overview of how various types of animals - ants, honeybees, termites, sparrows - tackle complex problems by leveraging collective "intelligence."
他们发现虽然四个人传达的信息大相径庭,但他们都会根据不同的听众群来改变音调。
They found that while all of them presented wildly different messages, they altered their voices in similar ways, depending on the audience.
告诉他们假设自己是一群到中国来旅游的外国小朋友,要学会如何使用筷子。
Tell them they were Americans and come to china for travelling. They may learn how to use Chopsticks.
这是一群医生们提出的“坐-立测试”,他们用这种方法来测试病人身体的柔软度和强度。 。
This is the belief of a group of physicians, who came up with the 'sitting-rising test' to measure their patients' flexibility and strength.
他们弄了一大群科学家来开发新武器,看守很严密,但是如果你伪装成科学家,应该可以潜入进去。
They've got a whole army of scientist there developing new weapons. Security is tight, but if you disguise yourself as a scientist you might be able to sneak in.
每一设计背后都是一个或一群设计师,他们想通过解决某些问题来让世界更美好。
Behind each is a design or a group of designers, they want to resolve certain issues through to make the world a better place.
走在梧桐道上,一片片梧桐叶堆在地上,北风吹来,他们像一群调皮可爱的小人蹦蹦跳跳地跑到了大路上,北风也在我的衣服里蹿来蹿去。 。
Walk in wutong road, pieces of heap wutong leaves on the ground, the north wind blowing, they are like a group of naughty cute dog skipped by the road, the north wind also shot to shot in my clothes.
走在梧桐道上,一片片梧桐叶堆在地上,北风吹来,他们像一群调皮可爱的小人蹦蹦跳跳地跑到了大路上,北风也在我的衣服里蹿来蹿去。 。
Walk in wutong road, pieces of heap wutong leaves on the ground, the north wind blowing, they are like a group of naughty cute dog skipped by the road, the north wind also shot to shot in my clothes.
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