When he played for a couple of seasons with one of our young teams at that time nobody was able to bet a dime on his success.

他在我们当地的一只青年队里打过一段时间，那时没人敢赌他会取得如此的成就。

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A dime is a piece of money whose value is one-tenth of a dollar.

一角硬币是一种价值10美分的货币。

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But more than one of the people I spoke with likened the Chinese economy to a large ship that can't turn on a dime.

但在我访问过的官员中，不止一个将中国经济比作一艘大船，这艘船不可能在短时间内发生大变动。

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He gets to profit from someone like me despite my choice to not spend a dime in one of his restaurants.

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First, I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits, either now or in the future.

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Yet the taxpayers never risked a dime salvaging Ford one way or another because, of course, Ford never needed a bail-out or public investment.

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