Earlier this week, Apple's combative boss, Steve Jobs, heaped ridicule on all the seven-inch tablets poised to enter the market for being both too big and too small (the iPad has a 9.7-inch screen).

本周早些时候，苹果公司争强好胜的老板史蒂芬·乔布斯把所有7英寸屏平板给奚落了一顿，说它们要么太大要么就太小(iPad屏幕尺寸9.7英寸)。

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One is too big and the other is too small.

一个太大，另一个太小。

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Using the same scale on each graph was useless as many graphs were either too small or too big, and the values were either all crunched down in one corner, or plotted off the page.

使用同一比例来绘制每个图是没有用处的，很多图要么非常大，要么非常小，数据要么拥挤在一个角上，要么分散在整个页面上。

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Republicans say the budget is too big and that the proposed tax increase on the wealthy would hurt small businesses.

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The Obama administration has been especially attuned to criticism that it is not doing enough for small business, and focusing too much on helping big corporations and financial firms.

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Existing solar financing solutions for homeowners and corporations have been too small and too big, respectively.

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Particles must be just the right size:too big and they will stick to the throat, too small and they get exhaled right out.

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The seven-inch tablets are tweeners, too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with an iPad.

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