the butts remain decisively kicked

Chinese translation: 一蹶不振

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English term or phrase:the butts remain decisively kicked
Chinese translation:一蹶不振
Entered by: clearwater

22:36 Oct 29, 2007
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Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology) / VMware
English term or phrase: the butts remain decisively kicked
But Bill Gates didn't get to be the richest man in the world by eating dirt. Just ask Steve Jobs and Marc Andreessen. Although both execs have rehabilitated themselves in other environs, {the butts} of the Mac OS and the Netscape browser {remain decisively kicked}.
clearwater
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Local time: 22:46
Mac OS和Netscape browser一蹶不振
Explanation:
就是两者在Gates的打击下,一蹶不振, 虽然两个头在其它方面体力有所复原.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-30 02:21:25 GMT)
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字面意思来自于kick some's butt,即击溃、彻底击败某人、使之深受伤害。decisely就不必说了,可以看成加强语气,译不译均可。

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-30 02:22:54 GMT) Post-grading
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这里用了个remain,就是一直处于那种状态了,处于战败的状态自然是一蹶不振。
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5 +3Mac OS和Netscape browser一蹶不振
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Mac OS和Netscape browser一蹶不振


Explanation:
就是两者在Gates的打击下,一蹶不振, 虽然两个头在其它方面体力有所复原.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-30 02:21:25 GMT)
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字面意思来自于kick some's butt,即击溃、彻底击败某人、使之深受伤害。decisely就不必说了,可以看成加强语气,译不译均可。

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-10-30 02:22:54 GMT) Post-grading
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这里用了个remain,就是一直处于那种状态了,处于战败的状态自然是一蹶不振。

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Asker: 谢谢! 请问:如何理解其字面意思。


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