After the turf battles that the young mice inevitably lost, the mice were separated by a partition that allowed them to see, smell, and hear one another - a stressful experience for the loser.

经过一番艰苦战斗，小鼠们不可避免地输了，他们与大鼠被一块隔板分开，但是他们可以看见、闻到和听到对方——对失败者来说可很有压力啊。

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Though all is not lost, operating systems tend to be winner-takes-just-about-all battles: a critical mass of applications for a particular platform leads to wider adoption, which leads to-more apps.

虽然并不是完败，但操作系统开始成为胜者为王的战役，一个数量众多应用的平台会更容易被接受，而这会带来更多的应用。

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I fought. I lost. Now I rest. But you, Lord Snow... you'll be fighting their battles forever.

我战斗过，我失败了，现在我可以安息了。但你，雪诺大人，你将永远为他们而战。

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That has helped to prevent them from endlessly fighting yesterday's lost battles.

ECONOMIST: William Hague��s ever so humble pie

The foreign ministers and Coreper have lost battles before.

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At the time, he was on top of the world but since then he has lost many battles.

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