Later, more established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.
后来，一些更为成熟的企业纷纷竞相将此类专利加入自己的文件中，即使只是为了防范竞争对手抢先一步。
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dia Mirza and Adrian Grenier have a message for you: It’s easy to beat plastic.
阿诺德·施瓦辛格、迪亚·米尔扎和亚当·格林杰向你传递一个信息：打败塑料很容易。
Britain's towns, it is true, are not prevented from applying, but they generally lack the resources to put together a bid to beat their bigger competitors.
确实，英国的城镇并不被禁止申请，但它们通常缺乏足够的资源来组织一个能击败更大竞争对手的申办方案。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。