The figure-skating pair's convincing victory last week was particularly irksome to their rivals, who were in peak form and complained privately about the judging.

这对花样滑冰选手上周取得的令人信服的胜利尤其令她们的竞争对手感到厌烦，她们当时正处于巅峰状态，私下里抱怨裁判的判罚。

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They start getting into the Mediterranean and that scares the hell out of their commercial rivals.

他们开始进入了地中海地区,而这一举动把他们的竞争对手也吓得够呛

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Such specialists, in contrast with their generalist rivals or ancestors, had the time and the incentive to develop better methods and technologies to do their tasks.

这些信奉术业有专攻的人们相较他们四面出击的竞争对手或先人来说，有时间也有动力去寻觅更好的方法和技术以达成所愿。

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"A clash of Arab civilizations; clashes between Arab regimes and their own people, the regimes and their domestic rivals and insurgencies,clashes between Arab regimes themselves."

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They start getting into the Mediterranean and that scares the hell out of their commercial rivals.

他们开始进入了地中海地区,而这一举动把他们的竞争对手也吓得够呛

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In their national sport of ice hockey, the Canadian men won a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory for the gold medal over their rivals and neighbors to the south, the United States.

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The leaders also have a game in hand on their Irish rivals and the two Scottish clubs.

BBC: Leinster 20-14 Glasgow Warriors

Those languid creative geniuses, sensitive playmakers who seemed to walk on the pitch but, suddenly, with two magical strokes they brushed aside their rivals and sent the striker away with one last touch.

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They have tried (and failed) to divide their rivals, and accuse the MUD of plotting a coup.

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