And he cut his prices to force other steel-makers out of the business.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

There were probably a number of firms that, over that ten-year period, went out of business.

在这10年间,可能有很多企业已经破产

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You can tell if a pot comes from Athens or it comes from Pylos, or-- not Pylos it was probably out of business-- Thebes or someplace else because they have their local characteristics which are perfectly obvious.

你可以从一个罐子辨认出它是来自雅典,或者皮洛斯,或者--,不会是皮洛斯,它已经衰亡了--,底比斯或是一些其他的地方,因为它们都留有当地的风格,这些风格很明显地表现了出来

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"A one-size-fits-all approach would have put small farmers and ranchers out of business or prevented them from providing locally produced, healthy fresh food to consumers who want it."

VOA: special.2011.01.11

I think that if Ford and other car companies didn't use cost-benefit analysis, they'd eventually go out of business because they wouldn't be able to be profitable and millions of people wouldn't be able to use their cars to get to jobs, to put food on the table, to feed their children.

我觉得要是福特和其他汽车公司,不使用成本效益分析的话，他们最后就会倒闭,因为他们无法盈利,这样就会有数百万人无法开车上班，没法赚钱，养不起小孩。

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