And second, it was wrongheaded: Shareholders pay managers to make their company not bigger but more valuable.
其次，这个目标是错误的：股东付给管理者报酬不是为了公司变得更大，而是要使它增值。
Sometimes their parents' lives can seem bigger than life, when of course you're not bigger than life, no one is.
有时他们父母看起来似乎比生活本身更厉害，然而你并不比生活更厉害，没人是。
After a day of gains, markets showed their disappointment that the cut was not bigger, giving up some of their advances.
在经历一天上涨之后，金融市场在尾盘表现出对降息幅度不及预期的失望情绪，回吐部分涨幅。
Simulation and experimental results show that the tracking accuracy of the main axis control system is not bigger than 1 Angle minute and this fulfills the demands of ATP system.
仿真和实验结果表明，主轴控制系统的跟踪精度在1以内，满足AT P系统对精度的要求。
The quantity and the length of embedded splice bar shall meet the design requirements and the related construction code. And the spacing tolerance of splice bar is not bigger than a piece of brick.
预埋拉结筋的数量、长度均应符合设计要求和施工规范的规定，留置间距偏差不超过一皮砖。
Not speaking the language proved to be a bigger handicap than I'd imagined.
事实证明不会讲这种语言造成的障碍比我所想象的大。
In their eagerness to build bigger telescopes, they forgot that science is not the only way of understanding the world.
他们急于建造更大的望远镜，却忘了科学不是了解这个世界的唯一途径。
Bankers' fat pay packets have attracted much criticism, but a public sector system that does not reward high achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.
银行家们丰厚的薪酬招致了很多批评，但对美国来说，不奖励高成就者的公共部门体系可能是一个更大的问题。
Our garbage problem is not new, but as the world's population continues to grow, it will become a bigger and bigger problem.
我们的垃圾问题不是新问题，但随着世界人口的持续增长，它将成为一个越来越大的问题。
Computer manufacturers in Japan or Texas will not face hugely bigger freight bills if they import drives from Singapore rather than purchasing them on the domestic market.
如果日本或得克萨斯州的电脑制造商从新加坡进口驱动器，而不是在国内市场购买，它们将不会面临巨额运费的难题。
Britain's towns, it is true, are not prevented from applying, but they generally lack the resources to put together a bid to beat their bigger competitors.
诚然，英国的城镇也可以申请，但它们通常缺乏资源，无法联合起来以努力击败规模更大的竞争对手。
The second drawer began to fill and as it did I wondered whether there were bigger discoveries out there, not just species, but life that depends on things thought to be useless, life even without DNA. I started a third drawer for these big discoveries.
第二个抽屉开始被填满。此时我在想外头是否还有更大的发现，不只是物种，还有依赖于人们认为无用的东西的生命以及甚至没有 DNA 的生命。我为这些重大发现设立了第三个抽屉。
The model has been modified by the researcher's team to increase the amount of electrical energy it can store - but not by installing a bigger battery.
研究团队改进了这些模型，提升电池储存的电量，而不是依靠安装一块更大的电池。
Some of the trainings took place not in computer classes or bigger PIAPs but also in factories, old peoples homes etc.
一些培训课程主要通过计算机教室或者是比较大的公共互联网接入点加以提供，但也同时通过工厂、老人院等场所加以提供。
Each day it turns out more than 1,000 Chevrolet minicars and Wuling minivans, not much bigger than a Mini Cooper and starting at $3,500.
每天有1000多辆雪佛兰（Chevrolet）小型轿车和五菱小型货车下线，并不比MiniCooper大多少，而且价格低至3500美元。
People who lose significant weight not only gain bigger appetite but also burn fewer calories than normal, creating "a perfect storm for weight regain," Leibel said.
Leibel博士还提到：“人们减掉难以置信的重量，不是为了获得更大的食量，而是燃烧掉比正常值更多的卡路里，创立完善的体重反弹体系。”
If they do not, the result may be one of the world's bigger financial headaches.
如果他们不这样做，其结果可能是世界上较大的金融难题之一。
It not only has bigger muscles but, in tests, could run for twice as long on the treadmill.
这种老鼠不但肌肉较大，而且在试验中能在跑步机上奔跑平常两倍的距离。
For optimum efficiency, designers should not only be concerned with painting the bigger picture but also building it!
为了追求最佳效率，设计师不仅需要描描画画，还需要能把它做出来！
So a bigger, bulkier battery may not be necessary either, unless you want to use the computer untethered for long periods.
所以，连容量体积大点的电池也许都不需要，除非你要长时间不插电得使用电脑。
The laws of physics get weird at really small scales, so scaled-down versions of bigger devices may not work as well.
在非常小的尺度上，物理定律变得不同寻常，导致大型设备的缩小版本不能正常工作。
The bigger danger is not that the costs of QE2 will outweigh the benefits, but that America's politicians will expect too much of it.
更大的危险不是QE2的成本超过其收益，而是美国政客们对定量宽松政策寄予太多期望。。
Their theories are not altogether persuasive; but their bigger mistake is to think they need one.
他们那一套不能令人完全信服，可他们更大的错误在于，他们认为得有那么一套。
They may cushion poverty for some but do not deal with bigger problems such as, say, public health.
它们可能会减轻一些贫困，但却无法根治一些例如公众健康的大问题。
Mrs Mensch did not blench. "it is a much bigger ship, but you are in charge of it."
门施没有退缩，“它确实是一艘更大的船，但它在您的掌控之下。”
He added: "We are also getting taller ever year, and guys are not only getting bigger but they are also coming in different shapes which makes it harder for them to find clothes that fit.
他补充道：“我们每年也在长高，男人们不仅体型越变越大，而且他们变成不同形状，为他们找适合穿的衣服越来越难。”
If bigger is not better in networks, what is the actual impact of social media tools in the workforce?
如果说人脉网络并不是越广越好，那么在工作中社交网络媒体的真正作用是什么呢？
A Russian heavy machinegun 'Maxim' looks not that impressive but has a bigger range and rate of fire.
俄罗斯的重型机枪‘马克西姆’看起来不怎么样，但射程更大、火力更猛。
That it did not seek an even bigger increase is being touted by some as an act of restraint.
一些人士宣称，欧盟委员会并没有寻求更大规模的增加预算，这已经是在采取步骤控制预算了。
That it did not seek an even bigger increase is being touted by some as an act of restraint.
一些人士宣称，欧盟委员会并没有寻求更大规模的增加预算，这已经是在采取步骤控制预算了。
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