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McNamee and Bono's faith in Elevation has paid off, as its2009 investment in Facebook helped erase memories of its gambles on Palm and Forbes.

麦克纳米和博诺对高地风投的信心收到了回报，2009年该公司对Facebook的投资极为成功，抹去了先前押宝Palm和福布斯（Forbes）的不愉快回忆。

Even for gambling , he had prepared mahjong sets, so much more refined than common betting games.

连赌钱, 他都预备下麻将牌, 比押宝就透着文雅了许多.

Despite all this, It'still seems too early cede America's future to the Lone Star state.

尽管如此, 把美国的未来全押宝在孤星之州[得州州旗上只有一颗星——译者]身上尚为时过早.

Investing is more than just betting on rates of economic recovery.

但投资可不只是押宝经济复苏的速度那么简单.

Investment bankers, the shock-troops of the Reagan-Thatcher revolution, were allowed to bet their banks on this new market, because regulators and politicians believed so firmly in the magical and self-regulating qualities of the market.

作为里根-撒切尔改革的奇袭部队，投资银行家被容许拿他们的银行在这个新市场上押宝，因为监管者和政治家坚定地认为，市场具有神秘的自我调节机能。

Fox's New Girl initially divided critics with its quirkiness and reliance on Zooey Deschanel, but the show eventually evolved into a solid comedy and became a hit.

尽管福克斯出品的剧集《杰西驾到》从一开始就因其离奇情节以及押宝佐伊•丹斯切尔的表演令评论者褒贬不一，但是该剧最终还是成为一部不折不扣的热门喜剧。