At one point – perhaps he did not realise what an insult this was – he found himself compared to the disgraced Speaker.

琼斯一度发现自己被比作那位声名狼藉的众议院议长。 那时他恐怕没有意识到这是怎样的一种侮辱。

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Indeed, trawling has been compared to clear-cutting trees. Moreover, from a practical point of view, this destruction of habitat contributes to the dwindling of fish stocks worldwide.

事实上拖网捕鱼就像是彻底砍伐树木，从实用角度讲，这种栖息环境的破坏促使世界范围的鱼群缩小。

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It's hard to say how much of an improvement [Hyper-V is compared to Virtual Server], but at this point we're seeing something like a 15 to 20 percent lift."...

很难说到底改进了多少，但是在这个问题上，我们看到了15—20%的提升。

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So far this year, Ford is achieving its modest goal of slowing its rate of decline for its North American brands in the domestic market--the brands have lost lost three-tenths of a point of market share this year, falling to 15.3%, compared with a loss of 1.1 points last year.

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