He didn't want all those old fuddy-duddies around.

他不想身边有那些老古董们。

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Tony Blair and Gordon Brown talked excitedly about “transforming” Whitehall and its fuddy-duddy ways.

托尼•布莱尔和戈登•布朗兴奋地谈论着“改造”白厅及其老派作风。

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And woe betide the CEO who missed the game and looked like an old fuddy-duddy.

那些悲哀的CEO，没有跟上潮流错过这场游戏的，就像是“老古董”。

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Would entrepreneurial ventures never get loans, because investors in merchant banks were such fuddy-duddies?

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Translation: The best performers were the sorts of fuddy-duddy stocks (see table) that most investors assume will be duds and shun.

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"Her mum, Nicolette, Marchioness of Londonderry, hired David Hicks to transform this fuddy-duddy estate into an extraordinarily groovy house with an incredible sense of color, " the designer marveled.

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