Driven by a mixture of ambition and fear—ambition to bestride the world stage and fear of even cheaper competitors in, say, Vietnam or Cambodia—they are relentlessly climbing up the value chain.

受到抱负和担忧的共同驱使——企图主导世界舞台的抱负和对像越南和柬埔寨这样更具价格优势的竞争者的担忧——他们毫不犹豫地向价值链的上游进发。

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Fear, you will remember is associated with the desire for security, order, rationality, and peace . Pride is connected with the love of glory, honor, recognition and ambition.

要知道，人的恐惧是与其内心对安全，秩序，理性与和平的渴望联系在一起的，而自豪是与荣耀，声誉，志向与他人的认可，联系在以一起的。

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Charisma and ambition increase my fear exponentially, and a great leader scares me to death.

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Maybe there are two Irans, oscillating at different times between fear and ambition.

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The hypocrisy of Rubio's recent moves paints a vivid picture of the unbridled ambition of an individual who plays on the politics of resentment and fear at the expense of children.

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