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"Look to laurels" nghĩa là gì?
20 Jan, 2020
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"Look to (one's) laurels" = Chỉ ngắm nhìn vòng nguyệt quế của mình -> lưu tâm bảo vệ vinh dự đã đạt được; phòng ngừa kẻ địch.
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The basic take-away from this new research is that incumbent equipment providers are going to have to look to their laurels and lower prices if thay want to retain market share.
She recently appeared in a bizarre (kỳ quái, kỳ dị) YouTube video with the New York skyline in the background. It looked as if she was auditioning for the old David Letterman show. The current king of late-night TV in America, Britain’s James Corden, might have to look to his laurels.
Indeed, the publication seemed more interested in domestic rivalries (sự cạnh tranh, đua tài) than competition from abroad. “Other features which stood out very markedly were the prominence of Yorkshire tool makers and the paucity of exhibits from the neighbouring county, Lancashire,” it remarked. “A pronounced change has come over the comparative positions in the machine tool industry of these two counties during the last few years, and it is high time that Lancashire began to look to her laurels.”
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