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But the cartoonist is making a pun here, as bush league is also "Bush league", second-rate because it comes from people with minds like that of President George W. Bush.
但是漫畫家在此用的是雙關語，因為灌木球聯(lián)就是“布什球聯(lián)”——一個二流的球聯(lián)，因為它的人員組成都是頭腦像布什總統(tǒng)那樣的人。
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He wooed her with expensive gifts and sponsored her through Chica Med, a second-rate beauty pageant organizers concede was viewed as a cattle market by gangsters looking for new girls.
萬利拉向尤雅娜求愛，用貴重的禮品來打動她的芳心，還贊助她參加了一個二流的選美比賽。組織者們承認，黑幫們把這個比賽看作尋覓新女孩的牲畜市場。
All these infrastructure improvements are rapidly making the telcos' Intelligent Network a distinctly second-rate choice.
所有這些基礎設施的迅速改善使得電信公司智能網成了一個明顯的二流的選擇。

" By contrast the current show, says this dealer, has "a lot of second-rate work.
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For years, Jake had been touring second-rate halls and clubs with his own band.
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