2. But the Wall Street firm had the ultimate retort: It found a way to make hard cash out of this
disfavor.
不过这家公司使出绝招:在不利的市场环境中找到一种稳赚之法。
3. Here, ability is not a question, but the performance does not conform to rich and powerful family's rank, only this sufficiently puts in
disfavor.
这里,能力绝不是问题,但表现不符合豪门的级别,光这一条就足以被打入冷宫了。