Barely fifteen months later, it has become a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of international mergers and acquisitions.

15个月刚过，这便成了一个有关国际并购陷阱的警世故事。

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Venus has long been held up as a cautionary tale for everything that could go wrong on a planet like earth.

长期以来，金星一直被认为是一个警示故事，告诉我们在像地球这样的行星上，任何事情都可能出错。

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It is a cautionary tale.

这是一个警示的故事。

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"It's a cautionary tale, but in many respects it is quite ambiguous about where it stands on the science."

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So having said that about musical notation-- something about a cautionary tale about musical notation-- we should think about how it affects the way we compose music in the West and how we perform music in the West.

讲完记谱法的一些,足以为戒的故事之后,我们也该想一下,它是如何影响西方音乐的作曲方式的,以及如何影响西方音乐的演奏方式

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Ultimately the jury will decide, but meanwhile the case is a cautionary tale for other collectors.

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When compared to maturity and success, it may be a joke or a cautionary tale.

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Hype or no hype, the story of prasugrel should be a cautionary tale for Merck investors.

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