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1.belong to 属于
Earls, princes, and kings belong to the nobility.
伯爵、亲王和国王属于贵族。
2.or so 左右
It was only an hour or so later that I discovered that my gun was missing
仅仅约一个小时之后，我发现我的枪不见了。
adj. 复杂的，复合的，合成的
n. 复合体
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- Plenty of companies, particularly those with family histories, resist the lure of takeovers by bigger rivals.
- 许多公司，尤其是那些具有家族历史的公司，都在抵制着更大竞争对手的收购诱惑。
- Often the decision is guided by pride rather than financial sense.
- 通常情况下，这样的公司在决策上会受到品牌自豪感的引导，而不是注重经济意义。
- Hermes provides a road map of how to stay independent—and how it can pay off.
- 爱马仕向我们展示了它如何保持独立，并成功抵制并购的历程。
- The first step was to keep the wolf at bay.
- 第一步就是把狼拒之门外。
- Though listed since 1993, most of Hermes's shares belonged to 60 or so descendants, split into various branches.
- 尽管爱马仕在1993年就上市了，但是集团的大部分股份划分成多份，分属于大约60位后代。
- Hermes threw up all manner of defences.
- 爱马仕提出了各种各样的防御措施。
- Mr Arnault was publicly rebuked as a corporate raider (less polite language was used).
- 阿尔诺先生被公开谴责为企业掠夺者（使用了不太礼貌的语言）。
- Lawyers attacked the underhand way in which his stake was built through complex financial products that skirted disclosure rules
- 律师们抨击他使用了卑鄙的手段，利用复杂的金融产品避开披露规则以建立自己的股份
- (LVMH was later fined 8m euros by the markets regulator).
- （LVMH后来被市场监管机构罚款800万欧元）。
- Ultimately, Hermes family members eager to remain in charge created a structure which pooled just over 50% of shares,
- 最终，渴望继续掌权的爱马仕家族成员创造了一个结构并汇集了超过50%的股份，
- committing themselves to owning their stakes come what may until 2031.
- 承诺不论2031年之前发生什么，他们都拥有这些股份。
- By 2017 Mr Arnault had given up.
- 到了2017年，阿尔诺已经放弃了。
- The second step is to use independence wisely.
- 第二步是明智地使用独立性。
- That Mr Arnault coveted Hermes is testament to its good management.
- 阿尔诺对爱马仕的垂涎足以证明它的良好管理。
- But the general rule in the past decade has been that
- 但过去十年的普遍规律是，
- multibrand conglomerates like LVMH, Richemont (home of Cartier and Montblanc) or Kering (Gucci and Saint Laurent) hold an edge over single-brand outfits like Burberry, Prada or Hermes.
- 诸如LVMH、历峰集团（名下有卡地亚和万宝龙）或开云集团（名下有古驰和圣罗兰）等多品牌集团比巴宝莉、普拉达或爱马仕等单一品牌的公司更具优势。
- The cost of building new e-commerce capabilities can be spread more widely;
- 构建新型电子商务能力的成本可以更广泛地分摊给名下多个品牌；
- size gives a bargaining advantage with landlords.
- 在就店铺规模与房东讨价还价的方面更具优势。
- Creators are lured to the biggest names in a virtuous loop of desirability.
- 创造者在吸引力的良性循环中被吸收到了大名鼎鼎的名牌。
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| complex | ['kɔmpleks] | 联想记忆 | ||
| desirability | [di.zaiərə'biliti] | |||
| independent | [indi'pendənt] | 联想记忆 | ||
| saint | [seint] | |||
| advantage | [əd'vɑ:ntidʒ] | 联想记忆 | ||
| decision | [di'siʒən] | |||
| decade | ['dekeid] | 联想记忆 | ||
| resist | [ri'zist] | 联想记忆 | ||
| ultimately | ['ʌltimitli] | |||
| spread | [spred] |
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