The government's first effort to privatize a company has been a roaring success.

政府首次使公司私有化的尝试已大获成功。

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Underwood summed it up as "a first effort, naive, stiff, quaky and innocent a ticket into the marketplace".

安德伍德将其总结为“第一张努力，天真、生硬、颤栗、天真的进入市场的门票”。

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In 1871, eleven years after his failed first effort, f.v..

1871年是费迪南德•瓦恩迪瓦伊尔·海登在他第一次尝试失败之后的第11年。

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They were to make the first effort at a space chase.

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But we will also introduce towards the end of this semester in an effort to really make it okay to stay up all night, will be the first ever CS50 hack-a-thon.

但是，在这个学期末的时候,我们还会举办第一届CS50课程的Hackathon活动，你们可能还得熬夜才能完成它。

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The Public Works of Art Program was the first national effort by the United States government to support artists.

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His first effort with IBM will be to simulate a single rat neurocortical column.

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"That was Celtic's first effort on goal in the first half, " the manager added.

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Despite their dominance, City's first effort on target did not materialise until seven minutes before half-time.

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