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But the cartoonist is making a pun here, as bush league is also "Bush league", second-rate because it comes from people with minds like that of President George W. Bush.
但是漫畫家在此用的是雙關(guān)語，因為灌木球聯(lián)就是“布什球聯(lián)”——一個二流的球聯(lián)，因為它的人員組成都是頭腦像布什總統(tǒng)那樣的人。
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He wooed her with expensive gifts and sponsored her through Chica Med, a second-rate beauty pageant organizers concede was viewed as a cattle market by gangsters looking for new girls.
萬利拉向尤雅娜求愛，用貴重的禮品來打動她的芳心，還贊助她參加了一個二流的選美比賽。組織者們承認，黑幫們把這個比賽看作尋覓新女孩的牲畜市場。
All these infrastructure improvements are rapidly making the telcos' Intelligent Network a distinctly second-rate choice.
所有這些基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施的迅速改善使得電信公司智能網(wǎng)成了一個明顯的二流的選擇。

" By contrast the current show, says this dealer, has "a lot of second-rate work.
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For years, Jake had been touring second-rate halls and clubs with his own band.
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