But they were not too worried about the risk, they said, because it was the written test, not the driving skill and road tests, that she failed so many times.

驾校的老师们不担心老阿妈驾车的危险，因为这么多次的失败都是因为笔试的原因，她的驾驶技术还是很好的，并且，她已经有过这么多次的经验了。

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But so far it has failed to become mainstream in large part because the batteries have been too heavy, bulky and costly.

但目前电动车仍未成为主流，主要原因是电池既笨重又昂贵。

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Basel 2 failed not just because it set the level of capital too low, but also because the definition of capital was too lax: Banks were allowed to include certain types of debt.

巴塞尔准则二之所以失败不仅是因为它把资本的水平设置得过低，还因为对资本的定义过于宽松：银行被允许在资本里包含某些种类的债务。

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GM's backing "gave us a lot of headroom, "but EDS became too dependent on it and failed to throttle costs and measure executive performance, he says.

FORBES: A shock to the system

But the IMF admitted it, too, failed to see the problems that lay ahead for a country which - till the meltdown - was often seen as an exemplar of IMF-mandated economic reform.

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GM's backing "gave us a lot of headroom, "but EDS became much too dependent on it and failed to throttle costs and measure executive performance, he says.

FORBES: A shock to the system