廉价的劳动力可能会使中国的服装在美国具有竞争力，但是如果运输的延迟会占用营运资金，导致冬季大衣在春季到货，那么贸易就会失去优势。
Cheap labour may make Chinese clothing competitive in America, but if delays in shipment lie up working capital and cause winter coats to arrive in spring, trade may lose its advantages.
在网球比赛中你遥遥领先，不要因为疏忽而失去优势。
You have a good lead in the tennis game; don't throw it away by being careless.
文章写到，“他们在反对他们所察觉到的向欧洲社会模式的转变，这一转变将会使他们失去优势地位。
They are reacting, the article argues, against what they perceive to be a shift toward a European social model in which they would lose their privileged position.
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