1·Nature of Reported Bribes: Chart 4 shows the general nature of the bribe demands in three broad categories: avoidingharm, gaining advantage, and “other.”
贿赂案例的性质 ：图表4列出索贿三种基本性质：即避免侵害，赢取利益和“其它”。
2·They're applying their earlier lie studies toward the general goals of all truth-stretchers: gaining advantage, staying out of trouble and "bigging" themselves up in the eyes of others.
他们早期对撒谎的练习以夸大事实的人的一般目的作为目标：得到优势，远离麻烦并让自己在别人眼中“高大”起来。
3·The business initiatives that demand quick response times and are geared towards gaining competitive advantage lose steam when execution is delayed.
当执行遭到延迟时，需要快速响应时间、获得竞争优势的业务计划也会受挫。
4·Without defining them carefully it is not possible to compare and contrast them with those of rivals and thereby to seek ways of gaining competitive advantage.
除非可以准确的找到他们，否则公司就不能将这些同其竞争对手作出比较和对比，找到竞争优势也就无从谈起。
5·Scale and the network effect are the best barriers you can erect to prevent other companies from entering the market and gaining competitive advantage.
规模化与网络效应是你能够成长，防止其他厂家进入这一市场，获得竞争优势的最大壁垒。
6·It also allows customers to tailor their software as a service, therefore gaining a competitive advantage.
它还允许客户以服务的形式定制他们的软件，从而取得竞争优势。
7·The United States has the most privatized health care system in the advanced world; it also has, by far, the most expensive care, without gaining any clear advantage in quality for all that spending.
在先进国家中，美国是医保私营化程度最高的国家，提供的医疗保健也是最为昂贵的，然而，并没有因费用高昂而得到明显的高质量医疗保健服务。
8·Critics - who insist that China is gaining an unfair advantage in world trade because the renminbi is still heavily undervalued - will have zero admiration for this alleged resilience.
坚持认为中国因为人民币汇率被严重低估，而在国际贸易中占据不正当优势的批评者，对这种所谓的抗压能力不会有丝毫的赞许。
9·The propaganda war was becoming intense, with both sides bluffing in the hope of gaining an advantage.
宣传战日趋激烈了，各方虚张声势，试图先声夺人。
10·Gaining competitive advantage is conducive to an invincible position.
获得企业竞争优势是企业利于不败之地的保证。