One place where children soak up A characteristics is school, which is, by its very nature, a highly competitive institution.

孩子们吸收A类个性的地方是学校。 就学校的本质而言，它是一个高度竞争的机构。

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"Finland is a society based on equity," says Laukkanen. "Japan and Korea are highly competitive societies - if you're not better than your neighbor, your parents pay to send you to night school."

Laukkanen说：“芬兰是一个公平社会，而日本和韩国则是高度竞争的社会——如果你不能比邻居做得更好，你的父母会花钱让你上夜校。”

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Hillary was a formidable presence in law school, a big fish in our small but highly competitive pond.

希拉里在法学院是杰出人才，在我们那个充满竞争的小鱼塘里是一条大鱼。

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He was a conscientious, if not particularly likeable, army officer, and a graduate of Polytechnique, the highly competitive French engineering school.

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School admissions remain highly competitive in some areas, with one in seven pupils failing to get a place at their first choice of secondary school this year.

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