1·Some businesses can be found nestling close to Brazilian multinationals, in the way that growing companies cosy up to American universities.
许多企业都在巴西的跨国公司旁边安家,就像一些成长性企业通常靠近美国的大学一样。
2·Outsiders might treat him with more respect if he threatened to legalise cocaine or cosy up to Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's oil-rich anti-American leader.
如果他威胁说要将可卡因合法化,或者与委内瑞拉那位靠卖石油致富的反美领导人乌戈·查韦斯套近乎,那世界可能会给他一些尊重。
3·Unfortunately, the result has not been competition to beat down prices and boost speeds, but cosy duopolies that keep bandwidth scarce and carve the market up between incumbents.
不幸的是,这样的竞争结果不是降低价格,提升网速,而是成了狼狈为奸的两强垄断,这使得带宽非常有限,现有市场分崩离析。
4·And I have a cosy recollection of her in middle of the night, coming to lift me out of my cot, taking me to her bed, where we curl up together.
甜美的回忆中,妈妈在深夜把我从摇篮里抱起,放到她的床上,我们蜷在了一起。
5·More and more, however, these once cosy get-togethers have begun to resemble something more akin to a self-help group than a chance to catch up over a low-fat latte.
可是久而久之,这一温馨的聚会变得更好像自救小组会,而不再是喝着低脂拿铁的叙旧。
6·I would guess that modern humans, with no natural predators but themselves, and with all their toys and mental constructs and cosy rooms, are relatively easy to creep up on.
我不妨猜想,现代人除了自身之外并没有其他天然的掠夺者,还拥有一切玩具、精神构建和舒适房间,相对而言容易麻痹大意,受到偷袭。