In some cases, industrial giants faced with little or no competition seek to avoid the capital loss resulting from obsolescence by deliberately obstructing technological progress.

在某些情况下，面对很少竞争或没有竞争的工业巨头为了避免因被淘汰而造成的资本损失，他们会故意阻碍技术进步。

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They are then matched up against players in the same round of the competition and progress as they would normally through the group stage and knockout rounds.

然后它们匹配在对球员的竞争和进步，因为他们通常通过小组赛和淘汰赛同一轮。

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With the technical progress and change in user requirement, the service market remains growing with a bright future in spite of increasingly fierce competition.

随着技术的进步和用户需求的变化，业务市场仍在扩大，尽管竞争日趋激烈，但前景依然看好。

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Maybe that's why I don't follow the actual competition in progress so much.

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