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But Citrix and Microsoft have close enough ties that the move by Redmond into data center virtualization may be akin to your sister stealing your boyfriend.
但是Citrix和微軟的關系非常密切，這樣Redmond向數(shù)據(jù)中心虛擬化的邁進就好像你的妹妹搶走了你的男朋友一樣。
I'm no David Ricardo, but it seems to me that if entrepreneurs followed this "la"", the gains to their start-ups would be akin to the gains attributed to free trade.
我并非大衛(wèi)?李嘉圖，但是在我看來，如果創(chuàng)業(yè)者們遵循這條法則，他們企業(yè)的收益將與從自由貿易中獲得的收益相當。
Proponents say space elevators would be cheaper, safer and more comfortable to operate than rockets, and speculate that the sensation would be akin to riding on a train.
太空電梯的支持者說，與火箭相比，太空電梯將更便宜、更安全和更舒適，并猜想乘坐太空電梯的感覺將類似于坐在火車上。

That would be one way of reading that Hobbes seems to, wants us to think about the state of nature as akin to a scientific experiment.
這就是閱讀的一個方面，霍布斯似乎，想讓我們思考自然狀態(tài),就像思考科學實驗一樣。
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For a Dutchman to say he was bored with beer would be akin to knocking Rembrandt.
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The shift in currency rates, according to Dalio, will be akin to the Bretton Woods break-up in 1971.
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That the effects would be akin to those of an all out war.
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