Dell's foray was brief, and Gateway did well for a number of years until calling it quits before eventually being sold to Acer.

戴尔的尝试很短暂，在盖特韦地区做了许多年，效果很好。但在最终卖给宏基之前，还是选择了放弃。

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"I didn't understand that stock very well when I bought it," he says; he knew only that it was a favorite stock that 9 Howard had sold to his customers for years.

“我买的时候并不懂那只股票，”他说。他只知道那只股票是父亲霍华德最喜欢的一只股票，很多年来都在向客户推荐。

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The product has sold well considering it was not given much advance publicity.

鉴于前期宣传不够，该产品的销路已算不错。

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The slaves were frantic at the prospect of being sold away from Maryland to the Deep South, where it was well known that overwork, the grueling climate, and disease shortened lives.

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It was the best selling album halfway through last year as well, with 2.5 million copies sold.

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Or cynically settle for that mediocrity when it turns out that their franchise organization doesn't have it handled after all (at least not as well as the owner was led to believe when they sold her the franchise), and doesn't hand it to them on a plate.

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