But this archaic system may be poised to change.
但这个古老的系统有可能被改变。
EU enlargement was always something of an experiment: it may be poised to enter uncharted territory.
欧盟的扩员一直带有试验的性质，进入一片未知的领土时，一定要步步为营才是上策。
The mobile generation appears to be poised to overtake the PC generation as users spend more time using their mobile devices.
随着用户花费更多时间使用他们的移动设备，移动时代看起来正慢慢地取代个人电脑时代。
Since the extra nuclei don't die, they could be poised to make muscle proteins again, providing a type of muscle memory, he says.
因为新增的细胞核不会死，它们便随时可以再造肌肉蛋白，使肌肉有了一种类似记忆的功能。
You won't see any of these changes coming this month, but you will need to be poised to make quick decisions when opportunity knocks.
在这个月你不会看到这些改变到来，但是你需要做好准备，以便当机遇来敲门时可以镇定的做出快速的决定。
And now we may be poised to see clients jump from the largest bond fund to a smaller one, even though the same laggard manager will be in charge.
而现在我们可能会看到客户从规模最大的债券基金转向更小的基金，虽然基金经理是同一个人。
That glove is now joined by so much space trash that scientists are warning it could be poised to take out the satellites we depend on every day -- and trap us here on a heating earth.
现在已经有这么多的太空垃圾和那个手套结伙搭伴，科学家们警告这些太空垃圾可能使维系我们日常生活运转的诸多卫星失灵，甚至把我们困在这个日益升温的地球。
Now, despite a global bear market for equities, there are signs the U. s. might be poised to catch up-insofar as their losses are close to equaling those of their non-U. S. counterparts.
而今，尽管全球股票市场处于熊市，有迹象表明美国股票可能将会赶上-他们的损失与他们的美国以外的同行相比已经接近。
Some of the men above were tragically called Uncle Toms, but now one of them is poised to be the most powerful man in the world.
上面提到的一些人被人悲情地叫做“汤姆叔叔”，但是其中一位却被当作世界最有影响力的人物之一。
Cloud computing is poised to be a significant player in the tech industry now and in the foreseeable future.
在目前和可预知的未来，云计算将在技术行业中扮演非常重要的角色。
Some think that the housing meltdown is poised to be a similar catalyst for derivatives that allow investors to hedge against movements in the price of residential property.
有人认为房屋市场的崩溃随时会成为一个类似的推动因素，导致一类衍生品的诞生，以容许投资者对冲住宅地产的价格波动风险。
Just as he is poised to declare himself the winner, almost the entire continent—not to mention the rest of the world—has come to believe that he cannot be allowed to stay in office (see article).
就当他准备宣布自己是胜利者的时候，几乎整个非洲大陆，更不用说世界上的其它国家，都已经达成共识，决不允许他掌权。
Just as he is poised to declare himself the winner, almost the entire continent-not to mention the rest of the world-has come to believe that he cannot be allowed to stay in office (see article).
就当他准备宣布自己是胜利者的时候，几乎整个非洲大陆，更不用说世界上的其它国家，都已经达成共识，决不允许他掌权。
In a town like Toledo where you've still got a lot of skilled workers, they are poised to be able to take off on that.
在诸如莱托多这样的城市，仍然需要大量的熟练工人，他们随时就能在此起飞。
It appeared to be wondering what to do next as it stayed poised in the middle of the road.
它呆呆站在路中间，好像不知道该怎么办。
But in 2008 stocks of Alaskan pollock shrank by half, leaving what is believed to be the world's largest food fishery poised on the brink of collapse.
但是2008年阿拉斯加鳕鱼的存量已减少一半，使这一最大的食用鱼业濒于崩溃。
The country is poised to be at once the world's leader in alternative energy — and its leading emitter of C02.
这个国家已经预备好要一跃成为世界上可替代能源业的领军人物，同时也成为世界上最大的二氧化碳排放国。
Outside of mobile devices, Apple is also poised to be heavily dependent on the OpenCL standard it helped create and will enable with the release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard later this year.
在外部移动设备上，苹果准备很大程度上依靠OpenCL标准（这是苹果公司协助创立的，今年年末将会随着MacOSXSnow Leopard的发布而失去作用）。
Suntory, a Japanese drinks and distilling company, was poised to make a bid for Orangina Schweppes, a European beverage-maker which used to be owned by Cadbury.
日本饮料和蒸馏酒生产商三得利胸有成竹准备竞购欧洲饮料生产商OranginaSchweppes，而后者曾隶属吉百利旗下。
Interesting... America being lectured for a change. China is more assertive on the world stage and poised to be the new super power in the post America world.
真有趣……美国已经从变革中获取了教训。中国在世界舞台上的地位将更加肯定，而且将在美国世界中发挥更加优秀。
That said, you will likely be met with a well mixed enemy barrage poised and ready to strike.
这就是说，游戏玩家你可能会遭遇一支混编非常好火力非常平衡的敌人。
Additionally, sales in Tenaris' tubes segment, particularly OCTG, are expected to be higher in the second half of 2011, and average selling prices are poised to improve as well.
此外，泰纳·瑞斯“管段的销售，特别是油井管，预计将在2011年下半年较高，平均销售价格将提高以及。”
The next day, poised for his second flying lesson, Felix again begged not to be thrown out of the window.
第二天，在准备第二次飞行课时，费利克斯再次恳求不要把他扔出窗外。
Should historical correlations of better US data leading to a higher US dollar return to the fore, we could be poised for a sharp reversal in the recent dollar weakness.
一旦美国数据面转好导致美元涨势卷土重来的话，预计近期的美元跌势将被大幅反转。
Little did I know that Murphy's Law was poised to pounce and prove my calming reassurances to be misguided.
我完全不知道，墨菲定律即将袭来，把我的安抚变成了误导。
Little did I know that Murphy's Law was poised to pounce and prove my calming reassurances to be misguided.
我完全不知道，墨菲定律即将袭来，把我的安抚变成了误导。
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