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Nipping at the heels of those utilities are fast-growing start-up companies that are putting tens of thousands of panels on rooftops and leasing them to homeowners for no money down, with Wall Street banks providing the financing.

紧随这些公用事业公司之后的，是高速成长的初创公司，它们正把数以万计的太阳能板安在人们的屋顶上，并和屋主签下无需付押金的租约，为其提供资金支持的是华尔街的银行机构。

Economists explain the friction as part of a world economy pecking order: China is nipping at the heels of the US, India at the heels of China.

经济学家解释说，摩擦是世界经济啄序的体现：中国紧随美国之后，印度则跟在中国之后。

Our small cafe has been nipping at the heels of the large coffee chains.

我们的小咖啡厅正紧咬著大型咖啡连锁店的生意。

Corporatism, emerged at the heels of the Industrial Revolution, put forward new opinions about how to assign divided social interests to reach a political order, which is different from Liberalism and Marxism.

伴随工业革命产生的合作主义，从不同于自由主义和马克思主义的视角，对社会利益分殊如何达成政治秩序提出了新的见解。

Famine is often at the heels of war.

饥荒常常随战争而来。

Follow at the heels of a person.

跟在某人的后面行走。

Modern bank is one of a growing number of small wealth managers that is snapping at the heels of the established private banks by emphasising advice and "traditional, old-world relationship banking" over products.

越来越多的小规模财富管理公司正抓住老牌私人银行的弱点，它们的重点是提供理财产品的建议，以及“传统、老式关系的银行业务”，现代银行也是其中之一。

More Asian institutions are nipping at the heels of the best in the West, increasingly occupying world top 50 places and showing no signs of letting up, he said.

更多的亚洲大学正在紧追西方一流大学的脚步，越来越多地跃居世界前50名，而且丝毫没有懈怠的迹象，他说。

Saunderson house is representative of a growing number of firms of financial advisers that are snapping at the heels of the established private banks by targeting wealthy clients with an entirely commission-free model and embracing fees instead.

像saunderson house这样的财务顾问公司正日益涌现，他们正紧跟老牌私人银行的步伐，面向富裕客户推出了完全免除佣金的理财模式，以管理费取而代之。

Dogs snarling and snapping at the heels of sheep.

几条狗追逐着羊群，连吠带咬的。

For the first three months for2011, its volume is up39%, despite a lineup of only four models, and it is nipping at the heels of slumping Lexus.

尽管只有四款车型，2011年第一季度，Verano的销量已经增加了39%，开始撵上一蹶不振的雷克萨斯（Lexus）。

Baty noticed a trend of East Asian universities rising up. "More Asian institutions are nipping at the heels of the best in the West, increasingly occupying world top 50 places and showing no signs of letting up," he said.

Baty注意到了东亚地区高校总体上升的趋势。“更多的亚洲大学正在紧追西方一流大学的脚步，越来越多地跃居世界前50名，而且丝毫没有懈怠的迹象，”他说。

An economy that in the 1960s had a per capita income on a par with sub-Saharan Africa is now snapping at the heels of Britain and France.

一个在上世纪60年代人均收入还与撒哈拉以南非洲不相上下的经济体，如今已经紧随英国与法国之后。