They could scarcely be less trendy now.

Chinese translation: = very untrendy 很不时髦 (now, they could scarcely/hardly be any less trendy)

07:35 Apr 16, 2004
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English term or phrase: They could scarcely be less trendy now.
IT SEEMS like only yesterday that start-up companies, preferably doing something internet-related, and the sleek-suited venture capitalists who funded them, were all the rage. They could scarcely be less trendy now. Since the dotcom craze collapsed, many of the firms born during the boom years have died, or else stagger on as shadows of their former selves. Martin Pichinson, an insolvency specialist who has built a reputation as the “company undertaker” of America's Silicon Valley, recently said that around 7,000 companies are still waiting for the receivers to arrive. Not surprisingly, the money available for investments in start-up companies slowed to a trickle after the bubble burst.
clearwater
China
Local time: 08:10
Chinese translation:= very untrendy 很不时髦 (now, they could scarcely/hardly be any less trendy)
Explanation:
大致的意思...

scarcely = hardly 几乎不是 =>几乎不会

=> now, they could scarcely/hardly be any less trendy
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chica nueva
Local time: 12:10
Grading comment
谢谢!
试译:眼下,他们已风光不再。
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5它们可能仍像过去一样流行。
jyuan_us
3 +1= very untrendy 很不时髦 (now, they could scarcely/hardly be any less trendy)
chica nueva
4不大可能退流行
Wenjer Leuschel (X)


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they could scarcely be less trendy now.
= very untrendy 很不时髦 (now, they could scarcely/hardly be any less trendy)


Explanation:
大致的意思...

scarcely = hardly 几乎不是 =>几乎不会

=> now, they could scarcely/hardly be any less trendy

chica nueva
Local time: 12:10
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 19
Grading comment
谢谢!
试译:眼下,他们已风光不再。

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agree  Terry Thatcher Waltz, Ph.D.: Yes. "They could hardly be less popular or fashionable".
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they could scarcely be less trendy now.
不大可能退流行


Explanation:
新兴公司与创投基金不大可能退流行。

Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 08:10
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
they could scarcely be less trendy now.
它们可能仍像过去一样流行。


Explanation:
它们可能仍像过去一样流行。

(流行程度几乎不比过去差)。

jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 20:10
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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