Last month he was a contestant in Start-Up Idol, a fundraising competition at Fortune's annual Brainstorm Tech conference. (he lost to artificial intelligence app maker Clever Sense.)

上个月，在《财富》(Fortune)杂志每年一度的“头脑科技风暴大会”(Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference)上，他参加了名为创业偶像(Start - Up Idol)的创业公司筹资竞赛，结果输给了人工智能应用程序开发商克莱沃森斯公司(Clever Sense)。

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A great cheer went up from the crowd as they caught sight of their idol.

一看见他们的偶像，人群爆发出一阵热烈的欢呼声。

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Cursed is the man who carves an image or casts an idol — a thing detestable to the LORD, the work of the craftsman's hands — and sets it up in secret.

有人制造耶和华所憎恶的偶像，或雕刻，或铸造，就是工匠手所作的，在暗中设立，那人必受咒诅。

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And this has been set up, I think, based on your throngs of female followers, as a vehicle for you not only to show your acting chops but to set up that matinee idol thing for you.

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He was the runner-up on "American Idol" - perhaps one of the more interesting and talented people to come through that franchise in a long time.

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