Therefore, competitive advantage indicates, not an absolute (optimal, maximum), but a relative notion of profit performance.

因此，竞争优势并不是指一个绝对的(最优的，最大化的)概念，而是一个相对的利润业绩概念。

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Since Chevron, in theory, is overvalued relative to Exxon, the trader might turn a profit if Chevron fell harder than Exxon.

由于理论上雪佛龙相对于埃克森的估值过高，如果雪佛龙比埃克森跌势更猛，则交易者可能获利。

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These for-profit companies lean heavily on the fear factor, encouraging parents to bank their baby's blood just in case a relative needs it one day.

这些以牟利为目的的公司大打以防万一这张牌，鼓励父母们储存婴儿脐带血，以防有一天某个亲戚会需要它。

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Additionally, you have to consider the valuation level of the market relative to profit margins.

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Most are decent, honorable folks, but public workers claim no pedestal of virtue relative to profit seeking colleagues.

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But, interestingly, Stephen Hester has conceded - I think for the first time - that it will take longer than the promised five years for RBS to hit new targets for what he calls "value drivers", which are the profit that the bank earns relative to its equity capital, and its costs relative to income.

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