Many people are not reluctant to accept new ideas, but are reluctant to abandon old ideas.

许多人不是不愿接受新观念，而是不愿抛弃旧观念。

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It would be a grave mistake to abandon old-fashioned meritocracy just at the time when it is turning to women's advantage.

传统的精英管理制度对女性越来越有利，现在抛弃它真是大错特错了。

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But he added that, just as the United States must change the way it conducts itself in the world, so too must its neighbors abandon old attitudes.

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No one knew more than YSL, how to abandon the old and liberate the future style revolution.

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However, it will depend on how willing institutional investors are to abandon their old ways and cosy relationships.

ECONOMIST: E-bonds, licensed to kill

Was Mr Gardner's speech, attacking the distorted values of American society that forced him to abandon his old job selling useful medical equipment, mistakenly left on the cutting room floor?

ECONOMIST: Are you, or have you ever been, a capitalist?