Every date seemed promising at the start, but almost every time we got closer, I would say something stupid to ruin it and turn her off.

每一次的恋情在刚开始看起来都是很有发展前景的，但每当我们变得亲近的时候，我就会说一些蠢话，然后毁了一切，迫使她选择离开我。

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It is almost completely transparent, but also extremely strong and a good conductor of electricity - and that is an extremely promising set of properties.

它几乎是完全透明的，但也是电的良好导体——这些都是极佳的属性。

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Scientists and patients will be celebrating the promising new HIV treatments to be featured in Vancouver next week, but animal-rights activists almost certainly won't be cheering them on.

下周在温哥华将要推出艾滋病病毒的几种新疗法，疗效似乎颇为看好。科学家与病人届时都会大事庆祝，但是提倡动物权利的人士几乎可以肯定不会为他们喝彩。

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He is promising states almost total control over federal education money, provided they test students and make schools accountable for the results.

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Stoke almost ruined their vaguely promising start when Ryan Shawcross made a rash challenge on Malouda in the box and referee Martin Atkinson awarded a penalty.

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Such is the current reality in high tech: IBM, Cisco and HP have become giants almost unto themselves, promising big companies a full range of hardware, software and services to run the biggest corporate computing operations.

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