He blamed this on a “love of trade”, which limited men's interests and made them reluctant to volunteer information for fear of tipping their hand to a competitor.

他将这归咎于美国人对“交易”的热爱。 这种心态，妨碍了美国人的兴致，使他们不太情愿与别人分享信息，担心竞争者会因此受益。

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'and' as a competitor of HP, he will necessarily call upon HP's trade secrets and confidential information in performing his job duties for Oracle.

而甲骨文作为惠普的竞争对手之一，他履行在甲骨文的工作职责时必然会用到惠普的商业秘密和机密信息。

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To its neighbours, China is such an important trade partner and competitor that they dare not let their currencies strengthen too far against the yuan.

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Jeff, whose job has been to figure out how to get the inventions made and then mass-produced, recalled how he confronted, at a trade show, a large competitor whom he said had ripped off the stroller.

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Space trades at a premium for if a message in the form of electrons has less distance to travel, one player can get their trade instruction in faster than a competitor.

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