also-rans

I'm afraid John is one of life's also-rans.

很遗憾,约翰是人间的庸才.

That has left the country relying on alternative methods considered also-rans by American standards, like pumping natural gas from coal fields.

于是，中国不得不依靠其他方法，比如从煤田中开采天然气，而这些方法以美国的标准来看都颇为落后。

Yet it is not certain that Tesla has the staying power of a General Motors rather than the shorter life of a Winton Motor Carriage Company or one of the other original also-rans.

然而，现在还不能确定特斯拉是否具备通用汽车（General Motors）那样的持久力，而不是像某个Winton Motor Carriage Company或者其他最初的平庸企业之一那样短命。

Pitchers on also-rans that were expected to contend seldom do.

投手在失败的球队中也是很少获奖的.

What yesterday's game demonstrated was that Arsenal have a better chance of a result against the top sides than they do against the also-rans.

昨天的比赛证明了阿森纳面对顶级球队时，拿分的机会要比对中游球队好。

In the first 10 months of 2011 the iPad also-rans sold a total of 1.2 million tablets in the U.S. and took in only$ 415 million in retail revenue.

2011年前10个月，iPad的竞争对手在美国市场仅仅销售了120万部平板电脑，销售额为5.15亿美元。

He tried for the job but was among the also-rans.

他设法得到那份工作,但失败了.

Gates built or bought all manner of things to conquer the Net, but few managed to be anything more than also-rans in the innovation game.

盖茨创造并买来了各式各样的“武器”来征服网络，但几乎全部在创新游戏中落败。

Some Western consumer-goods firms that are also-rans at home do surprisingly well in China.

一些西方消费品厂家在国内平凡无奇，在中国却混得风生水起。

This is why many observers write off other companies as also-rans.

这也是为什么许多观察人士将其他手机公司一概归入失败者的行列。

And many of them had something in common: They tended to be the also-rans of the class, the ones who failed to get the jobs they wanted when they graduated.

他们当中许多人都有一个共同点：当初他们往往是班里的失败者，毕业后没能得到自己想要的工作。

Such also-rans can't compete with the likes of China Vanke and Gemdale, big boys who can tap banks and international capital markets as well.

这样的小企业无法与中国万科（China Vanke）或金地集团（Gemdale）这样的大公司竞争，后者不仅能够从银行获得贷款，还能利用国际资本市场。

Increasingly, a gulf is emerging between the top business schools and the also-rans; between schools in different regions of the world and between different types of programmes.

在顶尖商学院和落选学校之间，在全球不同地区的商学院之间，以及在不同类型的MBA项目之间，都越来越能清晰地看到一条鸿沟。

Matt Symonds, a co-director of Fortuna Admissions, a business school admissions consultancy, described a "flight to quality," with the US market fragmenting between a top tier of schools and the also-rans.

商学院入学咨询机构Fortuna Admissions的联席主管马特•西蒙兹（Matt Symonds）描述了“对质量的追求”——美国市场上顶尖商学院和不入流学校日益分化。

SAIC is seen by some as unenthusiastic about acquiring or merging with Nanjing Auto, which is financially weaker and whose joint venture with Fiat of Italy is seen as one of the domestic industry's also-rans.

一些人认为，上海汽车集团对于收购或与南京汽车合并并不热心。南京汽车的财务实力较弱，其与意大利菲亚特（Fiat）的合资企业被视为中国国内汽车业的表现平平者之一。

Whereas the financial systems behind automated teller machines ( ATMs) used to be considered fast, they're now also-rans.

自动柜员机（ATM）使用的财务系统虽然称得上快，但是现在也落伍了。

Now it feels like menswear is finally comfortable talking to its natural audience ( as seen so excellently at Zegna in Milan), giving their older customers relevant clothes, rather than looks that make them feel like also-rans.

如今感觉男装终于“回归正道”，服务自己的正常群体（米兰时装周上杰尼亚（Zegna）的效果超赞，一目了然），让上了年岁者也有了自己心仪的潮装，而不是那些让他们自感是失败者的行头。

The single most significant difference between revolutionaries and also-rans, victors and vanquished today? A lack of understand of ( and turning a blind eye to) ethical capital.

今天区分胜负高下的唯一关键是什麽？就看你是否理解「道德资产」，是否把它看在眼里、当一回事。

Now emerging economy growth is slowing, suggesting that companies from these economies will remain also-rans on the list.

现在，新兴经济体的增长速度正在放慢，这就是说来自这些地区的公司仍无法跻身世界500强。

And several wily also-rans may hold the final balance of power.

还有几个诡计多端的失败者,他们可能会决定最后的胜负.

That leaves a merger with one or more companies that, like Yahoo, are also-rans on the web.

说完前两种选择，再谈谈雅虎与其他一家或者多家公司合并的可能性；这些公司和雅虎一样，大浪淘沙之后，已经沦为互联网产业的配角。

This union of two also-rans against the winner has a clear logic.

这两家落后的公司抵抗谷歌的联盟具有清晰的逻辑.

Why he probably won't: Pitchers on also-rans can win the award.

为什麽不是他得奖: 投手在失败的球队可以赢得赛扬奖.