在我的世界里，终极先进者还要数史蒂夫·普雷枫丹，他是我心目中的英雄之一。
In my little corner of the universe, the ultimate first mover was Steve Prefontaine, one of my heroes.
如果你不是先进者，而某位竞争对手已经一骑绝尘，将你远远抛在了身后，转行往往是最有效的做法。
If you aren't the first mover, and one of your competitors is steadily leaving you behind in their dust, changing the game is usually the best approach.
这种论调模糊了一个论点，即：对于美国与以色列之外的先进国家而言，“替代生育率”与婴儿的低出生率，二者必居其一。
This obscures the point: for every big advanced country besides America and Israel, the alternative to “replacement rate” fertility is a baby bust.
智能手机是一类拥有电子邮件和网络浏览等先进功能的手机，已很快赢得了广大消费者的喜爱。
Smart phones — cellphones with advanced capabilities including email and Web surfing — have rapidly gained in popularity.
塔塔公司先进系统分部是该项目的领导者，它将与其他伙伴一起负责计划管理、安全、软件开发、制造、集成和交付等工作。
TATA Advanced Systems, as the lead on the program, along with other TATA partners will be responsible for project management, security, software development, production, integration and delivery.
在目前的危机中，决策者以先进的各种原因而使用资本注入和资产收购以保持金融机构运作而不是去关闭他们。
In the current crisis, policymakers have advanced a variety of reasons for using capital injections and asset purchases to keep financial institutions going rather than shutting them down.
他是否真像拥趸所宣称的那样，能使经理与投资者利益更趋一致的先进商业模式呢？
Is it, as its supporters claim, a superior business model in which the interests of managers and investors are better aligned?
约翰逊：还有，最先进的物种，比如人类和类人猿，是数百万年前物竞天择的压力和基因突变两者结合作用下的产物。
Another thing: the most developed species, like humans and apes, are products of a very specific combination of selection pressures and genetic mutations over millions of years.
历史的推动者，无论是先进的技术、人口的变化还是环境的崩溃，将仍然是难以捕捉的猎物。
The driver of history - whether it be the bettermousetrap, change in population, or environmental collapse - will remain anelusive prey.
落伍者(剩下的16%)或怀疑论者，仅当没有其他选择时才使用先进的技术。
Laggards (the remaining 16%) or skeptics will only use advanced technology if they have no other choice.
他们还表示，有组织的犯罪团伙正在使用更为先进的偷猎方法——这些偷猎者坐着直升机飞到各禁猎区捕杀犀牛，砍下犀角，并迅速逃走。
They also say more sophisticated poaching methods are being used, with organised criminal gangs flying in to game reserves by helicopter to kill rhinos, hack off their horns and make a quick getaway.
“深层睡眠者”是一款相似的产品，宣传自己有比“梦者诺娃”更先进的技术。
The REM-Dreamer is a similar product that claims to have better technology than LaBerge's version.
设计用来装配各种车辆平台和支持多种武器系统，保护者RWS在美国陆军的清单中是最通用的和先进的产品。
Designed to mount on a variety of vehicle platforms and support numerous weapon systems, the Protector RWS is among the most versatile and cutting-edge products in the Army inventory.
那么今天这一代的民族主义者是否会就各种族先进落后发表言论呢？
Would today's generation of nationalists state their views on whether any ethnic groups are more or less advanced?
推广先进的生产管理方法，提供商业化农业生产和农产品营销知识，使生产者顺应市场需求。
Promoting better production management and providing knowledge of commercial agricultural production and marketing to enable producers to respond to market demand.
如果产生了可能能够危害到进度的问题，项目管理者可以预先进行在各个级别采取减小风险的措施。
If issues arise that might jeopardize the schedule, project management can proactively take steps to mitigate risk at every level.
但是市场上有一些关于数字鸿沟在增长的警告。资金雄厚的交易者可以用得起先进的技术，他们认为这样可以获得比别人更高的收益。
But some warn of a growing digital divide in the markets. Well-heeled traders who can afford sophisticated technology have an edge over everyone else, these people say.
献血者是志愿者群体里的中坚成员，同时被具有先进医疗系统的发达国家所依赖。
Blood donors are stalwarts of the voluntary sector, and rich countries with advanced medical systems rely on them.
但最令人称奇的是，通过先进的科技产品，乔布斯赢得了消费者疯狂的亲睐。
But what was perhaps most astonishing about Mr Jobs was the fanatical loyalty he managed to inspire in customers.
如果你是痛苦于在家独自用餐的人，先进的科学技术将能为你随时提供热闹的家庭盛宴，而参加者甚至包括你那些相隔遥远的亲友。
Technology has come up with the answer for people living along who dislike solitary meals: the virtual family dinner, where relatives hundreds of miles apart get together for a chat.
造假者近年来越来越先进，用机械加工药品，包装看上去跟真的一样。
Counterfeiters have become more sophisticated in recent years, churning out pills and packaging that look like the real thing.
和英飞尼迪的策略形成鲜明对比的是，很多外国投资者出于竞争方面的考虑，不愿意同中国分享先进技术。
Infinity's strategy contrasts with the reluctance of many foreign investors to share advanced technology with China for competitive reasons.
资金雄厚的交易者可以用得起先进的技术，他们认为这样可以获得比别人更高的收益。
Well-heeled traders who can afford sophisticated technology have an edge over everyone else, these people say.
在进行面试之前，赢商教练公司会要求求职者先进行性格测试，以便根据他们的性格进行分组，并针对他们的性格特征提供最适合的职位。
Before the interview, ActionCOACH asks candidates to take a personality test in order to group together applicants with similar profiles for positions that best fit those traits.
虽然最新的职能手机提供了先进的音频、视频及图像的处理能力，消费者仍希望他们的手机电池持久性更长些。
Though the latest smartphones offer advanced audio, video and picture capabilities, customers still expect long battery life from their phones.
虽然最新的职能手机提供了先进的音频、视频及图像的处理能力，消费者仍希望他们的手机电池持久性更长些。
Though the latest smartphones offer advanced audio, video and picture capabilities, customers still expect long battery life from their phones.
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