Competition from abroad became fiercer in the 1990s.

在20世纪90年代来自国外的竞争加剧。

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It took hot competition from abroad, however, to show us just how good our product really is.

然而，正是来自国外的激烈竞争让我们看到自己的产品有多好。

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Did you see Dorothy? She just came back from abroad.

你看见桃乐茜了吗？她刚从国外回来。

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Tehran is a major oil-producing country, but has just one domestic refinery, forcing it to buy much of its gasoline from abroad.

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General Motors, as you know, is an auto producer in the United States and it hasn't been doing well, as you may have heard -as is the general auto industry in this country; it's suffering under competition from abroad.

通用汽车公司,众所周知,是美国的汽车制造商,它现在效益不好,也许你们听说过,整个国内汽车行业的情况都不好,它承受着来自海外品牌的竞争

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So for people who come from abroad, it's probably even worse.

所以对于来自国外的人，这可能会更糟糕。

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Last year American companies were allowed a lower tax rate on profits repatriated from abroad.

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Bringing food from abroad into areas struggling with hunger often does more harm than good.

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With top graduates getting juicy offers from abroad, fewer stay for graduate studies at IIT.

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