Get market timing wrong and they may lose a fortune (or, if they are a professional fund manager, their clients will).

错误把握市场波动会使他们损失惨重(或者，如果投资者是专业基金经理，那么他们的客户会损失惨重)。

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"Among other things, the hobbit find hints that much of what researchers thought they knew about the timing and nature of humanity's initial dispersal out of Africa is wrong," notes Wong.

霍比特人提示我们，我们很多关于人类最初迁徙出非洲的时间和本质的认识是错误的，还有后其他的知识。“王说。”

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There's also a ready-made excuse if we fail: it wasn't inferior intelligence, talent or effort – it's just that the timing was wrong.

如果我们失败了，也有现成的借口：不是我的能力天赋或努力比别人少，只是时机不对罢了。

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She said that the timing was wrong, as did Abramson, when he confided in her.

NEWYORKER: Changing Times

Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi said the timing was wrong for a referendum on the proposals.

BBC: Tory MP would defy Cameron on EU vote

Even if we have the idea right, if the timing is wrong you might as well be wrong.

FORBES: A Strategy for Preserving Long-Term Capital