Later, more established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.

后来，更多的知名公司竞相添加这样的专利权，希望这样的防御性的行为可以先下手为强。

Though entrepreneurs who don't mind getting their hands wet often get to it first.

管有些企业家不介意亲自先下手为强。

I thought it'd be the ideal occasion.

然后找准良机 顺势下手。

And I'm curious—a show of hands—how many of you have GitHub accounts?

我很好奇——请举一下手——有多少人有 GitHub 账户？

Listen to this, " and so may be treated as beasts of prey those dangerous and noxious creatures that will be sure to destroy you if you fall into their power" , so kill them first.

注意这里，“因此可以被当作猛兽，危险和有害的动物，如果落在们的爪牙之内就一定会遭到毁灭”，所以先下手为强。

But at the end of the day, we got to wait to see what the data looks like, and then go from there.

但在一天结束时，我们会等着看数据，然后这里下手。

Really? Yeah...but now we have to write a report on the whole thing, an in-depth analysis. I don't know where to start.

真的吗？那太好了......不过我们现在得写一个报告，深入分析一下整个表演。我都不知道里下手。

But how long are we going to wait?

还要等多久我们才能下手？

Then which part of the marketing strategy should you work on first?

应先营销策略的部分下手？

Today's flavourists learn their art by serving an apprenticeship – a period of time spent working for a skilled master, often for low payment, in order to learn their skills.

今天的调味师通过做学徒来学习技术。“apprenticeship”，是指给师傅打下手的一段时间，通常报酬很低，期间要学习师傅的技术。

You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you?

你不会对一个戴眼镜的人下手的，对吧？

" It's Maister Linton Aw mun spake tull, " he answered, waving me disdainfully aside.

“我一定要跟林惇少爷说话。”他回答，轻蔑地挥一下手，叫我别管。

“Of course I know how to work it, ” said Lupin, waving his hand impatiently.

“当然会用，”卢平说，不耐烦地挥了一下手。

When you come home, you should wash your hands.

回到家时，你应洗一下手。

With a show of hands, who did Ahnya guess correctly?

安雅猜对的举一下手？

I think someone knew their job would be a lot more difficult with him around.

有人知道如果他在旁边，他们要下手就会困难得多。

She felt overwhelmed with work and didn't know where to start.

她觉得工作太多，不知何下手。

There's obviously a meal in there, but how to get to it?

大餐很明显就近在眼前，但是怎样下手呢？

I'm not doing this in front of Pencilvester.

我不想在铅笔君面前下手。

Where do you start with such a vast resource?

面对这麽大的资源要何下手？