They begrudge paying so much money for a second-rate service.

花这么多的钱，却得到二流的服务，他们十分不快。

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It's a center for finance and media, but London may be best understood as a world-class city in a second-rate country.

金融和传媒中心，但也许对伦敦最好的理解可能是把它作为一个位于二流发达国家的世界级都市。

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One reason for the expense is perception: students view price as a proxy for quality; universities worry that low fees will signal a second-rate product.

学费提高的原因之一有关人们的看法：学生视学费为教学质量的代表；大学担心学费低让人以为学校是次品。

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Dr John Chisholm, Chairman of BMA's GP's Committee, said: "First rate family doctors feel their patients get a second rate NHS service - or worst".

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Eager to remake a second rate legacy carrier that was always in bankruptcy, they ripped out first class seats from many planes, and then in the ones where they maintained first class, it was no longer an option for their best customers to be upgraded.

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If a second-rate exchange is first to attract a critical mass of trading, even a better trading system may fail to wrest business away.

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