Even if you're shopping with people you know, they might raise an eyebrow when you start haggling, but they'll sure be jealous when you get a better price than they did!
即便是跟认识的人一起购物,你开始砍价的时候他们也许会挑一下眉毛,但如果你能拿到比他们更好的价格,就只有被羡慕的份儿啦。
Ancelotti claimed the squad's fitness was "not perfect, but good", adding: "it would be better to have them here than away with national team, because we could work with them."
安切洛蒂表示球队的状态“并不完美,但还好”,并补充道:“他们现在呆在这里总比他们都各自在自己的国家队要好,因为我们可以与他们共事。”
And the assets that are now under scrutiny may be much bigger than their subprime predecessors but they are also better understood.
现在被监管的资产可能比次贷危机时期要大很多,但也更容易明白。
I knew that the computer I wanted to specify was not only better than the Gateway model, but it would be a better computer for the application demands, both present and future.
我知道我中意的电脑不仅比奶牛型号的电脑要好,而且不论在现在还是未来都能更符合应用要求。
Networking: Windows 7 still isn't quite as natural at networking as I find the Mac to be, but it's better than Vista.
联网:我发现Windows7仍没有Mac的联网自然,不过比Vista要好。
Just about any business can be run seasonally or occasionally, but some are obviously better suited than others.
仅有一些业务能够以季节性地,偶尔地运作,但有一些明显比其它的更适合。
But will hedge-fund managers be any better at deciding which films to back than the studios?
但在决定支持哪些电影上,对冲基金的经理们是否比制片公司更有眼光呢?
But at this point Iceland seems, if anything, to be doing better than its near-namesake.
但从现在来看,无论如何,冰岛似乎比它名字相似的兄弟要做得好些。
It may not be as fast as its competitors, according to early reports, but anything is better than IE7.
他可能没有向它的竞争对手那样快,但是根据之前的报告,它和IE7相比已经是脱胎换骨了。
Sure, it might not be all that quiet if you're out in a busy street, but it's better than being cooped up all day.
当然,在一个繁忙的街区不太可能那么的安静,但比困在一个大笼子里一整天要好得多。
Asking someone for something you want can be a scary thing to do, but it's a lot better than waiting for it to just happen.
向一些人请求自己想要得到一些东西是一件可怕的事情,但是这总比坐等事情降临要好很多。
A sunscreen with an SPF of 60 might be better than one with an SPF of 30, but not necessarily - and the SPF 60 product isn't likely to be twice as effective as the SPF 30 product.
防晒系数为60的防晒霜可能会比防晒系数只有30的要好,但这也没有必要,而且防晒系数为60的防晒产品所达到的效果并不是防晒系数为30的两倍。
But the elderly as a whole are better off than their children are likely to be.
但是老年人整体境况好转起来,甚至比他们的孩子们的将来要好。
Things might be going better than you think, but because you have set yourself up to focus on the negative, your work situation seems hopeless and doomed.
事情本来进行的比你认为的要好,但是因为你让自己关注于事情的消极一面,你的工作环境似乎变得毫无希望,命中注定万劫不复。
Winning the thing might be expecting too much but I am hoping for a better level of performance than in recent World Cups.
捧起世界杯虽然很值得憧憬,不过我更期待的是他们能有比最近几次世界杯上更好的表现。
But he never makes professional predictions because it is better to be "broadly right rather than precisely wrong".
然而,他从不做出专业的预测,因为“大致正确总比完全错误”要好。
After that, maybe it will be different but, for now, United are still better than us.
到那时,情况也许会不同,然而现在,曼联依然比我们优秀。
But, it may still be better to have an unenforceable framework for online conflict than none at all.
但是,有一个形同虚设的针对网络冲突的框架还是好过什么都没有。
It happens to be better suited for manipulating strings than Numbers, for example, but it's really a general-purpose language.
例如它恰好,处理字符串,比处理数字更有效率,但是它确实是一种面向面很广的语言。
So, too, will “designer” biodiesel, made from sugar but turned into hydrocarbons that should be even better than fuels from oil.
同样,由糖类构成但却提炼成碳水化合物的新型植物柴油也将如此,但它本应该比从石油中提炼的燃料更好。
China may be better placed than most, but the global financial crisis has started to hit the country hard and jolted its confidence.
中国的状况或许好于大多数国家,但全球金融危机已开始对这个国家构成严重冲击,并动摇了它的信心。
But the odds of moving on after a draw might be even better than 58% suggests, once you weed out teams that got a draw but never were likely to advance to begin with.
不过,要是剔除那些实现了平局但一开始就没什么希望晋级的球队,剩下的球队首战打平后还能出线的机率可能要高过58%。
We knew we'd be happy when we met more than five decades ago, but the reality is better than our dreams.
五十年前我们相识相知,那时候,我们就知道,我们会幸福的。不过,没想到会这么幸福,比梦想的要幸福。
Some opinions might be better thought out than others, but at the end of the day, they are still just opinions.
一些观点可能比另外的一些好,但是到最后,他们也只是个人观点。
But these days, less than half of Americans think their children's living standards will be better than theirs.
然而近些日子,认为孩子们能够生活得比自己好的美国人还不到半数。
Sure, the smaller feature is weaker and might be inconsistent, but something is better than nothing, and it'll be cheaper to just do the easy ones.
当然,小一点的功能弱一些,并且可能不稳固,但是有总比没有好,而且只做这些简单的要便宜得多。
Mr Obama may not be perfect, but even gloomy progressives realise he is better than the alternative.
奥巴马先生可能并不完美,但是即使最失望的进步分子也明白他是目前最好的人选。
Mr Obama may not be perfect, but even gloomy progressives realise he is better than the alternative.
奥巴马先生可能并不完美,但是即使最失望的进步分子也明白他是目前最好的人选。
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