After a good performance during Elizabethan England, actors were thrown money on the stage and they would kneel down to collect the money thus' breaking 'the line of the leg.

在伊丽莎白时代的英格兰，在一个好的表演之后，会有钱币掷上舞台，而演出者会跪下来收集这些钱，这样就用“断”一条腿来破除不吉。

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The line on the secondary axis represents the overall performance improvement for each of the run time modes.

第二根轴上的线表示各运行时模式下的总体性能改善。

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When you fully accept the risks, it will have profound implications on your bottom-line performance.

一旦你完全接受了风险，对你的最差表现会有深刻的含义。

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However even with data center developments such as compression, virtualization and deduplication the costs of on-line storage exceed that of local storage and the performance of on-line storage is significantly less than local storage.

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European skipper Nick Faldo had seen his side reduce Friday's three-point deficit to two after a rallying performance on Saturday and he decided to select a bold line-up for the Sunday singles.

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Hanging onto renters will create a sustained drag on morale, innovation and bottom-line performance.

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