Despite the perceived blow to Chinese prestige, there wasn't much enthusiasm for any further concessions Chinalco might make to revive the deal.

尽管这可能会对中国的声望带来打击，但公众对中铝可能作出进一步让步以重启交易并不抱太大热情。

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Despite this blow to our dignity we long maintained a polite fiction that we're special enough to merit classification in our own scientific family—the Hominidae.

尽管这对我们的尊严是个打击，长久以来我们还是认为自己高贵，认为自己足够特别以科学谱系把自己划分为优等物种——人科（the Hominidae）。

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And yet, despite all the action, none of the legal bullets has - to date - landed a serious blow.

然而，尽管采取了这么多法律行动，但到目前为止没有一次行动能对该公司造成严重的打击。

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