在一定程度上，这种压力可以归结为霸主未能适应快速扩张的经济，但这种压力也是由霸主无法控制的因素造成的。
In part, this stress can be attributed to the overlords' failure to adjust to a rapidly expanding economy, but the stress was also due to factors beyond the overlords' control.
欧洲已经不再忧虑美国的霸主地位。
但美国不愿承担英国在全球金融中的霸主角色。
Yet the Americans were reluctant to take on Britain's hegemonic role in global finance.
历年充满创意的口号使可口可乐一直保持霸主地位。
Creative slogans throughout the years have kept Coca-Cola "king of hill."
上世纪80年代，日本成为美国霸主地位的最新挑战者。
In the 1980s, Japan became the new challenger to American supremacy.
多年来索尼一直是业界的霸主，可如今却突然看起来像是一个跟随者。
Having been the industry leader for many years, Sony suddenly looks like a follower.
公元前5世纪，雅典经过海洋和陆地长期艰苦的征战成为爱琴海霸主。
Athens fought long and hard, in conflicts on the sea and on land, to become leader of all Aegean city-states by the early 5th century BC.
如同苹果公司，诺基亚正尝试走出自己的市场向其他市场的霸主发出挑战。
Like Apple before it, Nokia is venturing outside its market and taking on a powerful incumbent.
在摩洛哥东南部出土了一条一米长(3.3英尺）的史前海洋霸主的化石。
Fossils of a meter-long (3.3-foot) prehistoric ocean predator have been found in southeastern Morocco.
未能买下雅虎意味着微软在与互联网终级霸主——谷歌的竞争上少了些筹码。
Failing to buy Yahoo! Leaves Microsoft well short in its bid to go after the ultimate champion of the Internet: Google.
是否采取模仿策略，看起来苹果在对短时间内剥夺智能手机界新霸主地位不感兴趣。
Copycat strategy or not, it doesn't look like Apple is going to unseat the new king of smartphones any time soon.
美国在杯赛的首战就1-3负于世界冠军意大利队，接下来又被美洲霸主巴西队3-0完胜。
The U.S. opened the tournament with a 3-1 loss to world champion Italy, then was outclassed by South American champ Brazil in a 3-0 defeat.
更重要的是，摩根大通是柜台交易衍生品市场的巨头，在信用违约掉期业务上长期处于霸主地位。
More importantly, it is a giant in the over-the-counter derivatives market, and number one by a long way in credit-default swaps.
没有经海上捷径从非洲到意大利的主要原因是，当时罗马人已取代了迦太基人当上了地中海霸主。
But the principal reason for not making the short sea crossing from Africa to Italy was that by then the Romans had replaced the Carthaginians as the masters of the Mediterranean.
当回顾冷战后美国霸主地位终结的这一刻，历史学家们也许会把2010看作一个非常重要的年份。
When historians look back to the moment when the post-Cold War reign of American power ended, they may well settle on 2010 as a crucial year.
如此的巨大变革将是充满争议的，但倘若美国想稳住自己在股票市场的霸主地位，就必须对市场做出重大的动作。
Such upheaval would be controversial. But something dramatic may be needed if America wants to retain its stockmarket hegemony.
一家处于行业霸主地位的公司通常是最想保持现状的，所以我们很少见到一位行业霸主呼吁改变行业规则。
IT is not often that the company that dominates an industry, and is thus most wedded to the status quo, calls for the rules that govern the business to be changed.
从1971到1981年，通用汽车召回了1.6亿多辆汽车，但它从没未失去美国汽车市场的霸主地位。
From 1971 to 1981, GM recalled more than 16 million vehicles, yet never lost its top share of the U.S. auto market.
马斯克相信泰斯拉公司产品专一的特点与硅谷的灵活性相结合，使它与那些轿车市场的霸主相比更加具有优势。
Mr Musk believes that Tesla’s focus and Silicon Valley agility give it an advantage over incumbent carmakers.
雇主们有时会管他们叫“车间小霸主”，技工们经常能够对工作环境进行实质控制，对此，雇主们也是愤恨有加。
Employers sometimes called such workers “little shopfloor autocrats, ” and they resented the substantial control over working conditions these skilled laborers often had.
英特尔是全球最大的芯片制造商，也是个人电脑和服务器市场的霸主，但它的处理器却一直未能打入移动设备市场。
The world's largest chipmaker owns the PC and server markets, but has failed to get its processors into smaller mobile devices.
因为今年微软遭遇了首个季度销售额同比回落，并且一直没能够成功地将台式机市场的霸主地位拓展到网络和手机行业。
This year, Microsoft posted its first quarterly year-over-year drop in sales, and it has repeatedly fallen short in trying to extend its dominance of desktop computers to the Web and mobile phones.
有一些被一直关注着，早在1851年的世博会就开始了，德国有着勤奋积极高效的生产者，还有美国威胁着英国的工业霸主地位。
There had been concerns, voiced as far back as the 1851 Great Exhibition, that the hungrier, more efficient producers in Germany and the US threatened Britain's industrial hegemony.
当然，关于诺基亚是否能恢复往日行业霸主的地位，答案则没这么简单了。这可不是只看手机数量，更拼得是创新力和利润。
Yet it is an entirely different question whether Nokia will manage to dominate the mobile industry once more-not just by handset volumes, but by innovation and profits.
当然，关于诺基亚是否能恢复往日行业霸主的地位，答案则没这么简单了。这可不是只看手机数量，更拼得是创新力和利润。
Yet it is an entirely different question whether Nokia will manage to dominate the mobile industry once more-not just by handset volumes, but by innovation and profits.
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