In public he supported the official policy, but privately he was sure it would fail.

他明里支持这项官方政策，但暗中却相信它会失败。

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When talking about the secret of his success, he said, "Many people have good abilities and many work very hard, but they may fail."

在谈到他成功的秘诀时，他说：“许多人能力很强，还有人工作十分努力，但他们可能会失败。”

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But he has a list of five reasons why mergers fail.

然而他还是列出了并购失败的五个原因。

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But Mr.Obama said he is confident that the forces of destruction will fail."

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He wrote his son in 1704, he said, "I may die tomorrow, but be sure that you have little pleasure if you fail to follow my example.

他在一七零四年写给他的儿子信中说到,"我可能明天就死了,而如果你不能遵循我的的脚步,你是不会快乐的的

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The general's secret assessment, leaked to the Washington Post several weeks ago, follows the president's basic approach, but says it could fail unless he gets more troops.

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He said he thought Fannie Mae would never fail, but he denied that he told the client that there was an implicit guaranty that the government would pay the dividend on the preferred stock if Fannie couldn't pay it.

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