Butt as far as the judging was concerned, the outcome was by no means a sure thing.
但就评判本身而论，结果绝不是一帆风顺的事情。
It's a sure thing that he'll succeed at what he chooses to do because he's so talented.
他要做什么事就一定成功，因为他很有才干。
A new study shows that pigeons will also pass up a sure thing in the hopes of a big payoff.
一项新研究显示，鸽子也会为了获得更大的回报而放弃一些近在眼前的好处。
But until Sunday's announcement, it wasn't clear to outsiders that the book was a sure thing.
但是不到星期天正式宣布，没有人敢打包票说，这本书就这么定下来了。
For companies including General Motors Corp., China seems the closest thing to a sure thing.
对于包括通用等汽车商来说，中国市场必然是其最可靠的选择。
From teenagers to senior citizens, every new relationship feels like a sure thing -- until it isn't.
从青少年到成年公民，每段新的恋情看上去都很可靠，直到它变得不可靠为止。
But the "very good upside" Mr Obama discerned when he abandoned Mr Mubarak in February is no longer such a sure thing.
但是，2月份奥巴马抛弃穆巴拉克时所称的“坏事的很好一面”不再是这种确定之事。
And we're not the only ones. A new study shows that pigeons will also pass up a sure thing in the hopes of a big payoff.
一项新研究显示，鸽子也会为了获得更大的回报而放弃一些近在眼前的好处。
Queiroz accepts that nothing is ever a sure thing in football but he expects to continue in his current role for some time.
奎罗斯坦诚在足坛没有什么事情是确定的，不过他希望能够继续他目前的角色。
Looking forward, we hope to average several points better than the S&P – though that result is, of course, far from a sure thing.
展望未来，我们希望能够有超越标普指标几个百分点的业绩——尽管要取得这一业绩显然不是一件确定的的事情，远远不是一件确定的事情。
The third-quarter decline in GDP was a dismal development but it does not make a further boost to quantitative easing a sure thing.
第三季度的GDP下滑是个令人沮丧的变化，但并不能保证会进一步推进量化宽松政策。
The goal is for this code to eventually become a standard part of all Firefox and Mozilla downloads, though that outcome is not a sure thing.
这些代码的目标是最终成为所有FireFox和mozilla下载包的一部分，尽管结果很难说。
Entrepreneurs are often people who are willing to trade a sure thing working for someone else for even a risky chance at running their own show.
企业家往往是那些愿意把给别人打工的“铁饭碗”换做一个自己演的风险的机会。
It's true that there are no guarantees. After all, if it were a sure thing, someone else, far less capable than you, would have already claimed the prize.
所做的这事确实没法担保。毕竟，如果这是一个能够笃定事情，那也许比你逊色多的人都可以胜任了。
The man you marry is never a sure thing. You hem and haw over if he's right, if you should settle down with him, if your relationship can make it long term.
想和你结婚的男人对你来说是一件不太确定的，你们的关系是否能长久，是否能和他安定下来，他是否是你的真命天子你都不太确定。
It is tempting to assume that because equities have performed so badly over the past decade, they must be a sure thing to perform well over the next ten years.
在接下来的十年，股票必定会表现出众。这种设想很有吸引力，因为股票在过去十年表现太糟糕了。
One thing I forgot is if any of you has a cellphone be sure to put that number down.
我忘了一件事，如果你们谁有手机，记得把那号码写下来。
Who knows, but there's one thing I am sure: she hasn't written a best-selling book yet.
谁知道呢，但有一件事我很确定：她还没有写出畅销书。
It could be anything—gardening, cooking, music, sports—but whatever it is, make sure it's a relief from daily stress rather than another thing to worry about.
它可以是任何事情——园艺、烹饪、音乐、体育——但无论它是什么，确保它能缓解日常压力，而不是另一件需要担心的事情。
For one thing, the market is full of eye-catching words such as "How to be an Industry's Expert in 5 Hours" and "15 Classes to Be a Master of Appreciating (欣赏) Classical Music", which sound like if you pay for it, you are sure to succeed.
一方面，市场被这些吸人眼球的话语充斥着，比如“如何在5小时内成为一个行业的专家”和“十五堂课速成欣赏古典音乐大师”。这些话听起来就像是若你为此付了钱，你便一定会成功一样。
One thing we can be sure of in a world full of confusing headlines: a million women can't be completely wrong.
在充满令人晕头转向的大字标题的世界里，有一件事我们能确定的就是：根据一百万名女性得出的调查结果不可能全部是错误的。
No matter what your opinion is - one thing is for sure. Harry Potter will always leave a mark on us.
无论你的看法如何，但有一件事是肯定的，哈里·波特在我们心中将永远留下深刻的烙印。
This is simply a project best practice: making sure everyone on the team is building the same thing.
这只是一个项目的最佳实践：确保小组中的每个人都在构建同一事物。
That is what one wants to be sure of... Wood is a pleasant thing to think about.
我们想弄清楚的也就是这个问题。木头是一件值得加以思索的愉快的事物。
One thing is for sure though: It's still a read/write Web - only now you're reading and writing data from much more than just social services.
可以肯定的是，现在的网络还是我们所熟悉的那个网络，只是现在你所接触的内容信息更多的来自于社会化网站之外了。
Regardless of how an organization chooses to perform a code inspection, one thing is for sure: they're implicitly manual processes.
不论企业采用哪种方式进行代码检查，有一件事是肯定的：它们几乎都是手工过程。
I had always been emphatic that I didn't know whom I would marry, but one thing was for sure — he would not be a farmer or dairyman!
我一直都是态度坚决地表明我不知道要嫁给什么样的男人，但有一点是肯定无疑的——他不会是务农的或养乳牛的！
One thing is for sure: It's sabotaging their efforts to get a strong playoff seeding.
有一件事却是确信无疑的：他们的季后赛主场优势正岌岌可危。
I'm not sure if this approach is a good thing or a bad thing at the moment, but it's what is implemented.
我不是很确定，对于现在的情况来说，这个方法是好是坏，但至少它生效了，不是么？
I'm not sure if this approach is a good thing or a bad thing at the moment, but it's what is implemented.
我不是很确定，对于现在的情况来说，这个方法是好是坏，但至少它生效了，不是么？
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