Michael may have been a dunce at mathematics, but he was gifted at languages.

迈克尔在数学方面可能是个笨学生，但他在语言方面是有天赋的。

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Do you take me for a dunce?

你以为我是笨蛋吗？

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I was a dunce at chemistry.

我在化学方面是个劣等生。

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How did Bob McDonald become a dunce so quickly, while Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, has abruptly become a star?

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Ironically, the stock market can turn you from seeming like a genius to looking like a dunce in a very short period of time.

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It may be worth noting, though, that in recent weeks the New Republic has carried cover drawings of Bush as a dunce, with the tag line WHY AMERICA LOVES STUPID CANDIDATES, and as the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, with the tag line THE HARDEST JOB IN POLITICS: THE WOMAN WHO HAS TO GET GEORGE BUSH A BRAIN.

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