前任

A few months later, a new special prosecutor (the county let the previous one go) assured me in a brief meeting that he wouldnt challenge my right to the shield law. I took the witness stand once in a preliminary hearing in April 1999. I testified that an individual at one point had offered the Enquirer access codes to Chiquitas voicemail, and I had given the information to Gallagher, since I wasnt sure what we could do with it.

没过几个月，新的特别检察官（县里让前任特别检察官走人了）在一个碰头会上向我保证，他不会挑战我的盾牌法权利。1999年4月，我在预备听证会中站到了证人席上，作证说有一个人在某个时间向《问询报》提供了进入奇基塔公司语音信箱的密码，由于我不知道该如何处理这个密码，就把该信息给了加拉格尔。

My poll numbers stayed within shouting distance of his, and in the final weeks of the campaign, just as my own TV spots started running and my numbers began to surge, his campaign imploded when allegations surfaced that he'd had some ugly run-ins with an ex-wife.

我的民意调查数字紧随其后，而且在竞选活动的最后几周时，就在我的电视广告开始播出时，我的支持率开始爆增，而他的竞选活动从内部崩溃，因为他对前任妻子做出一些不当的行为而遭到起诉。

Mr. Obama's first tax bill could show whether he will follow the bipartisan approach that he, like Mr. Bush before him, promised in the campaign.

奥巴马显示的第一项税收法案将会体现出他是否会延续两党合作的方法，就像他的前任小布什所做的一样，在竞选中所承诺过的。

Though he is neither as showily cerebral as the current prime minister nor as scintillating a retail politician as the previous one, Mr Cameron is adept in both settings.

虽然他既不像现任总理那样是个爱现的名人，也不像前任总理那般才华横溢是个"零售"政治家，但卡麦隆在上述两个场合都能如鱼得水。

In comparison with my first salary, allowance is too skimpy.

原本只是在前任CEO 杰克·韦尔奇的几本书中有看到过，但亲身经历后才发现诚信真的已经成为了值得骄傲的企业文化。

The fact that many instances of sex for revenge involve sleeping with a former partner's best friend highlights the delight and relish with which this vengeance is taken.

事实上，很多为了报复而和前任伴侣的好朋友发生性关系的例子都强调采取报复行为的乐趣和感觉。

Discuss the things you didn''t like, but avoid making slighting reference to any of your former employers.

谈谈你不喜欢的事物，但是避免对你的前任上司抱有微词。

My last girlfriend called me a slime but I think she was wrong.

我的前任女友说我卑鄙无耻，不过我认为她错了。

But more serious allegations of bribery were dropped—even though he had been fingered by Samsung's former chief lawyer, who spoke of a huge slush fund.

但，更严重的贿赂指控却被撤销了——尽管三星前任首席律师曾向警方举报，他说公司设立了大量的贿赂基金。

The present holder of the position is quite small beer compared with his predecessor.

目前的这个在位人和他的前任相比差远了。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。