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。
The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes its reconstruction of rules later this year is strong.
IASB表示，它不希望在没有整体规划的情况下采取行动，但今年晚些时候在完成规则重建后屈服于压力的可能性很大。
He finally took that post at a major financial institution three years later.
三年后，他终于在一家主要的金融机构担任了这一职位。
Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be soul-crushingly hard, Senior writes that "the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.
尽管养育孩子的日常体验可能令人精神崩溃地艰难，Senior 写道："那些在当下让我们情绪低落的事情，日后可能会成为带来强烈满足感和愉悦感的源泉。"
Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs’s board as an outside director in January 2000; a year later she became president of Brown University.
露丝·西蒙斯于2000年1月以独立董事的身份加入高盛董事会；一年后，她成为布朗大学的校长。
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。