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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和微软的关系非常密切，这样Redmond向数据中心虚拟化的迈进就好像你的妹妹抢走了你的男朋友一样。
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.
我并非大卫•李嘉图，但是在我看来，如果创业者们遵循这条法则，他们企业的收益将与从自由贸易中获得的收益相当。
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.
太空电梯的支持者说，与火箭相比，太空电梯将更便宜、更安全和更舒适，并猜想乘坐太空电梯的感觉将类似于坐在火车上。

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.
这就是阅读的一个方面，霍布斯似乎，想让我们思考自然状态,就像思考科学实验一样。
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That the effects would be akin to those of an all out war.
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