For instance, applying for help from a central bank has been seen as a sign of weakness—the financial equivalent of casting yourself as the little boy with “kick me” pinned to his shirt tail.

比如说，如果某家银行向央行请求帮助，那么这在业界就会被看作是无能的表现——在金融界，这种做法无异于告诉大家自己是一个没用的傻小子，衣服后摆再钉上一个“来踹我吧”的字样。

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So that's how she learnt that a great star with a long tail was going to crash against Jupiter, and shatter the earth into little fragments.

这时，她才弄明白一颗拖着长尾巴的巨大彗星就要撞击木星，并将把地球撞得粉碎。

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The gerbil is a playful little animal with big whiskers and a huge tail.

沙鼠是一种调皮的小动物，长着大把的胡子和一条大尾巴。

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More modern languages as we'll see toward the tail end of the semester are a little more generous with some of these details.

才有了我们今天看到的众多,形形色色，简洁大方的,编程语言。

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After eating whatever was there in the ground, the hare defecated a little and played with his tail.

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