the research took more than 18 months; he met hundreds of potential investors but no one wanted to take a risk on such an ambitious idea.
研究共花费了18个月的时间,会见了数百个投资者,但是没有一个人愿意在这个富有雄心的创意上冒险。
opinion surveys reveal an exceptionally volatile political climate, where voters in many races are willing to take a risk on a political newcomer to throw the incumbent out of office.
选举民调显示,目前的局势格外令人难以琢磨。很多选民倾向于投票给从未从政过的新人,把现任政界人物选下去。
all of these factors together took us to the decision that we should take a risk on him.
综合所有这些因素使我们决定,我们应该在他身上冒个险。
fireman asks.people are much more likely to take a risk on someone they have worked with in the past, even if it was in a different job.
即使是在不同的工作上,人们也更愿意和以前共事过的同事工作。
people are much more likely to take a risk on someone they have worked with in the past, even if it was in a different job.
纵然是在差此外事项上,人们也更乐意和过去共事过的同事事项。
one major hurdle was finding a publisher willing to take a risk on this unproven idea;
有一个很大的困难是找一个愿意在这个未经证明的点子上承担风险的发行商;
capricorns aren「t about to engage in any far-flung adventures, preferring instead to take a risk on an unknown bottle of wine. now that」s living!
魔羯座并不打算参与那些漫长遥远的冒险活动,他们更愿意来品尝一瓶不知名的葡萄酒。
developers may want to stick with the iphone's huge customer base rather than take a risk on apps that only work with the new device.
开发者也许只想坚守iphone上的巨大用户,而不是冒险去为一种只能在新设备使用的应用编写程序。
by being willing to take a risk on entrepreneurial sorts who lack any other way to start a business, microcredit may help reduce poverty in the long run, even if its short-run effects are negligible.
虽然短期影响微乎其微,但如果缺乏创业途径的人们愿意在商业上冒风险,这从长期来看可能有助于消除贫困。
if we fast forward to today, the idea of a ratings agency that would take a risk on a new form of securitization is almost unfathomable.
如果快进回到现在,让评级机构对一种新生的证券化产品进行评级的想法几乎是让人无法理解的。
bill gates agreed this was the role of the foundation in the current straightened financial times - to take a risk on less experienced investigators, rather than proven researchers.
旨在协调的基金会和慈善家,约纳特也要求更多的对研究投资,这被看作是有风险的:“去积存树的根能给我们带来果实累累。