It can be, but initially, customers actually complained.

可以，但一开始，顾客们确实抱怨了。

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But initially it was hard to persuade Chinese scientists to accept this.

但一开始，很难说服中国科学家接受这一点。

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It WAS born amid a blaze of hype at the height of the dotcom boom, but initially failed to thrive.

它诞生于互联网泡沫最高峰时，在爆发的鼓噪声中，最初却未能获得成功。

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She was asked about this but initially denied that anything had happened to her.

BBC: Neil Morton

Vaughters and Ellis's team got plenty of glowing media attention, but initially the victories were slow to come.

WSJ: Garmin-Barracuda: The Misfits Take Over Cycling

The data system was brought down late Sunday night for maintenance, but initially failed to restart Monday morning.

CNN: US - FAA suspends software upgrades following California computer glitches