even after the dotcom bust, endowments, pension funds and rich families fell over one another in a rush to back funds they hoped would produce the next google or genentech.
即使在网络泡沫破裂之后,捐赠基金,养老基金和富裕的家庭还不遗余力的向风投资本注资以期他们会创造一个新的google或者genentech。
the early days of personal computing were marked by a spectacular free-for-all as companies big and small fell over one another in a mad rush to become the dominant player in a brand-new business.
个人计算机市场的早期是一场壮丽的群雄混战,一个个大大小小的公司前赴后继,争夺新产业的领军地位。
studio executives in america compared the breakthrough to the development of first 「talkies」 almost a century ago, and fell over one another in the stampede to produce more such films.
美国的工作室负责人比较了近一个世纪的有声电影发展的突破,并且在对行业中彼此的竞争和角逐中生产了许多类此影片。