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Here is a translation of an article from Phoenix Alliance Media . All credits go to her.
这是一篇来自鳯凰官方的宣传文章,在此小试牛刀翻译一下。
—— 给力词典精选The Chinese national Baseball team´s first taste of competition was 12 years ago in the Asian Cup.
中国国家棒球队首次参赛是12年前在亚洲杯赛中小试牛刀。
—— 给力词典精选We are an extensively experienced company that specializes in tea exporting in China.
小试牛刀:我们是中国一家拥有丰富经验的专 业从事茶叶出口的公司。
—— 给力词典精选Nadaq-listed Sina plans to internationalise Weibo in English and has already started by taking it to Japan.
在纳斯达克上市的新浪公司计划推出微博英文版并使之国际化,现在公司已经在日本小试牛刀。
—— 给力词典精选He cut his teeth breaking up a mob-connected trucking cartel[2].
在打破勾结犯罪团伙垄断货车运输业的某卡特尔一案中,他小试牛刀。 (译注:cut one’s teeth [on sth。]
—— 给力词典精选