But despite those intriguing overtures and the fact he knew Yao would be out at least this season, Ariza joined a team that will do well to simply make the playoffs.

尽管有很多选择，但当阿里扎知道姚明赛季报销之后，他加入了火箭并希望帮助球队打进季后赛。

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To make matters worse, B&B’s board subsequently rejected bid overtures from Colin Cowdery, a British entrepreneur, in order to stick with their new Texan friends.

更糟的是，为了巴结他们的德州新朋友，B&B董事会随后拒绝了英国企业家Colin Cowdery的收购请求。

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To "pass an olive branch" is to make peaceful or reconciliatory overtures.

抛橄榄枝，指倾向和平或和解的提议。 。

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Hollywood began to make overtures to Silicon Valley, which produced some collaborative ventures inevitably tagged Siliwood.

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They would again make overtures to meet with Juan Miguel and, of course, Elian.

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The European Central Bank is not expected to lower interest rates this week, but is expected to make overtures to the long-term refinancing operation, or LTRO.

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