Eric was frightened of the
fierce dog.
埃里克让这只凶猛的狗吓怕了。
Competition is
fierce in their industry.
他们行业的竞争很激烈。
Mary was also a
fierce social advocate.
玛丽又是一个狂热的社会倡导者。
Tea-based beverage players' IPO plans, they said, confirm that the already fierce competition among China's on-premise tea beverage players is intensifying further.
他们表示，茶饮料企业的IPO计划证实，中国本土茶饮料企业之间本已激烈的竞争正在进一步加剧。
Xie Zhiguang, vice-principal of Shenzhen Foreign Languages School (Group), said: "In today's world where competition is fierce, the demand for top-notch innovative talents is more urgent than ever before.
深圳外国语学校（集团）副校长谢志光表示：“在竞争激烈的今天，对顶尖创新人才的需求比以往任何时候都更加迫切。
"The platform that can offer products at competitive prices, fast delivery and good shopping experience will gain an upper hand in this fierce competition," she added.
她补充道：“能够以有竞争力的价格、快速的交付和良好的购物体验提供产品的平台将在这场激烈的竞争中占据上风。”。
Industry experts said the company's latest moves are aimed at strengthening its national brand image, which is also regarded as a new way to help it stand out amongst the fierce competition.
业内专家表示，该公司的最新举措旨在加强其国家品牌形象，这也被视为帮助其在激烈竞争中脱颖而出的一种新方式。
Chinese online retailers are accelerating steps to expand their footprint in overseas markets to seek new sources of revenue in the face of fierce competition in the domestic market, said Lu Zhenwang, CEO of Shanghai-based Wanqing Consultancy.
上海万青咨询有限公司首席执行官陆振旺表示，面对国内市场的激烈竞争，中国在线零售商正在加快步伐，扩大在海外市场的足迹，以寻求新的收入来源。
The latest leadership changes at Chinese technology heavyweight Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will help improve the company's corporate governance structure and positively impact its long-term development amid fierce competition from local rivals, industry analysts have said.
行业分析师表示，中国科技巨头阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司（Alibaba Group Holding Ltd）的最新领导层变动将有助于改善该公司的公司治理结构，并在来自当地竞争对手的激烈竞争中对其长期发展产生积极影响。
As the global AI race becomes increasingly fierce, Chinese companies should continue to strengthen investment and research in AI for self-reliance, said Liu Dian, a senior researcher at the China Institute of Fudan University.
复旦大学中国研究院高级研究员刘典表示，随着全球人工智能竞赛日益激烈，中国企业应该继续加强对人工智能的投资和研究，以实现自力更生。
"Luo added that declining photovoltaic prices, prompted by technological advances, are also delivering opportunities for the expansion of Chinese solar companies, who are seeking opportunities abroad due to fierce competition in the domestic market.
罗补充说，技术进步推动的光伏价格下跌也为中国太阳能公司的扩张提供了机会，由于国内市场的激烈竞争，这些公司正在海外寻找机会。
According to US industrial media Fierce Biotech, last year, the top 10 global pharmaceutical companies in terms of major business revenue cut a total of more than 50 drug development pipelines while global biopharmaceutical investment began to slow in 2022 after experiencing two years of fairly high levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.
据美国工业媒体Fierce Biotech报道，去年，全球主要业务收入排名前十的制药公司削减了总共50多条药物开发管道，而全球生物制药投资在新冠肺炎大流行期间经历了两年的高水平后，于2022年开始放缓。
The latest reshuffle in executive leadership indicates that Alibaba hopes to adjust its operational strategy, quickly respond to external changes and reduce costs in the face of slowing growth in the e-commerce segment and fierce competition from domestic rivals such as Pinduoduo and JD, said Pan Helin, co-director of the Digital Economy and Financial Innovation Research Center at Zhejiang University's International Business School.
盘和林表示，最新的高管层改组表明，面对电子商务领域增长放缓以及来自拼多多和京东等国内竞争对手的激烈竞争，阿里巴巴希望调整运营战略，迅速应对外部变化，降低成本，浙江大学国际商学院数字经济与金融创新研究中心联合主任。
Leading global coffee chain Starbucks Coffee Co is on track to reach its goal of growing to 9,000 stores by 2025 in China, boosted by its continued investment in innovations related to products, digitization and supply chains in the country, said the company's top executive, amid fierce competition from local and foreign brands.
全球领先的咖啡连锁店星巴克咖啡公司（Starbucks coffee Co）的首席执行官表示，在来自国内外品牌的激烈竞争中，由于其在中国产品、数字化和供应链创新方面的持续投资，该公司有望实现到2025年在中国增长到9000家门店的目标。
Faced with softening external demand and fierce competition from countries such as Vietnam and India in the area of low-end production over the past three years, Chinese manufacturers — especially those from coastal provinces such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong — have been boosting their presence at domestic and international expos, as well as expanding channels in emerging markets to drive sales overseas this year.
在过去的三年里，面对疲软的外部需求和来自越南和印度等国在低端生产领域的激烈竞争，中国制造商——尤其是来自江苏、浙江、福建和广东等沿海省份的制造商——一直在扩大其在国内外博览会上的影响力，以及扩大新兴市场的渠道，以推动今年的海外销售。
The LCFC factory, owned by PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd, demonstrates how it is embracing cutting-edge digital technologies to boost efficiency and lower energy consumption amid fierce competition, significant demand fluctuation and growing need for customized products.
这家由个人电脑制造商联想集团有限公司拥有的LCFC工厂展示了它如何在激烈的竞争、巨大的需求波动和对定制产品日益增长的需求中，采用尖端的数字技术来提高效率和降低能耗。
In a letter to all LinkedIn employees, the company's CEO Ryan Roslansky said InCareer "encountered fierce competition and a challenging macroeconomic climate".
在致领英全体员工的一封信中，该公司首席执行官Ryan Roslansky表示，InCareer“遇到了激烈的竞争和充满挑战的宏观经济环境”。
However, the things that young people like are very diverse, so there is fierce competition from both inside and outside the industry.
然而，年轻人喜欢的东西非常多样化，因此行业内外都存在激烈的竞争。
Air Macau's fleet is comprised of 22 Airbus aircrafts, and it has continued to introduce new aircraft models such as A320neo and A321neo to prepare for further increases of flight frequencies and fierce aviation competitiveness, the company said.
该公司表示，澳门航空的机队由22架空中客车飞机组成，并继续推出A320neo和A321neo等新机型，为进一步提高飞行频率和激烈的航空竞争力做好准备。
While more Chinese companies have survived the first stage of development in Japan, they also acknowledge the challenges ahead, such as Japan's aging population, fierce competition with local peers and unstable currency exchange rates.
尽管越来越多的中国公司在日本度过了发展的第一阶段，但它们也承认未来的挑战，如日本人口老龄化、与当地同行的激烈竞争以及不稳定的货币汇率。
Chinese online retailers are facing fierce competition from short-video and livestreaming platforms including Douyin and Kuaishou, and the growth in China's e-commerce market is slowing down, said Mo Daiqing, a senior analyst at the Internet Economy Institute.
互联网经济研究所高级分析师莫黛青表示，中国在线零售商正面临来自抖音和快手等短视频和直播平台的激烈竞争，中国电子商务市场的增长正在放缓。
To this end, multiple formats are key to helping retailers to gain an edge in fierce competition, he said.
他说，为此，多种形式是帮助零售商在激烈竞争中获得优势的关键。
In the past two years, revenues of hypermarkets in the country have declined quickly due to a drop in traffic to the stores, amid fierce competition with convenience stores and small-sized supermarkets, as well as high-end membership stores, not to mention the impacts from e-commerce players during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an industry report from Kantar.
根据Kantar的一份行业报告，在过去两年里，由于与便利店、小型超市以及高端会员店的激烈竞争，中国大型超市的收入迅速下降，更不用说新冠肺炎疫情期间电子商务参与者的影响了。
Xie Zongbo, an independent financial columnist and a member of the Caixin Global Young Leaders Forum, said: "With years of rapid development, China's tea beverage market is almost saturated, market competition has become increasingly fierce, and there is homogenization competition.
独立财经专栏作家、财新全球青年领袖论坛成员谢宗波表示：“经过多年的快速发展，中国茶饮料市场几乎饱和，市场竞争日益激烈，存在同质化竞争。
"The display screens, especially the organic light-emitting diodes or OLED screens, are regarded as the core resource for terminal device makers, so BOE's investment will ensure that Honor will obtain its OLED panel supply and strengthen its competitiveness amid fierce competition from domestic rivals," Chen said.
陈表示：“显示屏，尤其是有机发光二极管或OLED显示屏，被视为终端设备制造商的核心资源，因此京东方的投资将确保Honor获得OLED面板供应，并在国内竞争对手的激烈竞争中增强竞争力。”。
In the face of fierce international competition, those in favor of the deal say it will allow Hamburg to continue to vie for Chinese trade and maintain pace with rival ports, some of which are partly owned by COSCO reported Reuters.
据路透社报道，面对激烈的国际竞争，支持该协议的人表示，这将使汉堡能够继续争夺中国的贸易，并与竞争对手港口保持同步，其中一些港口部分归中远集团所有。
Featuring a directly operated business, DPC Dash still faces fierce competition in China from its rivals such as Pizza Hut.
作为一家直营企业，神龙达世在中国仍面临着来自必胜客等竞争对手的激烈竞争。
Competition in the bottled water market is fierce, escalated by the growing presence of foreign players including Danone, Nestle, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, as well as domestic brands like Nongfu Spring and Genki Forest.
瓶装水市场的竞争非常激烈，包括达能、雀巢、百事可乐和可口可乐在内的外国公司，以及农夫山泉和根木森林等国内品牌的不断增加，加剧了竞争。
Amid fierce competition with local rivals, Starbucks sees the enormous potential in the specialty coffee market in China, as it has a higher demand for premium coffee.
在与当地竞争对手的激烈竞争中，星巴克看到了中国特色咖啡市场的巨大潜力，因为它对优质咖啡的需求更高。
The fierce competition they are facing has told them developing core technologies independently is the key for sustainable and healthy development.
他们面临的激烈竞争告诉他们，自主开发核心技术是可持续健康发展的关键。
"At present, the industrial chain for semi-cooked meals is long and fragmented, and the competition in the segment of low-end products is fierce.
“目前，半熟饭的产业链较长且碎片化，低端产品细分市场竞争激烈。
"The implementation of the bulk-buy policy has set a clear vision for the industry to grow, and it is obvious that only companies having strong innovation and R&D capabilities to come up with new technologies and new products ceaselessly can win the increasingly fierce competition," said Li, who is also CEO of the company selling products to more than 30 countries and regions.
“大宗采购政策的实施为该行业的发展树立了清晰的愿景，很明显，只有具有强大创新和研发能力的公司才能不断推出新技术和新产品，才能赢得日益激烈的竞争，”李说，他也是该公司向30多个国家和地区销售产品的首席执行官。
But challenges also exist, including fierce competition from players such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, Tencent Holdings Ltd and Huawei Technologies Co. "Healthy competition makes us all better.
但挑战也存在，包括来自阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司、腾讯控股有限公司和华为技术有限公司等公司的激烈竞争。“健康的竞争让我们都变得更好。
"At present, the industrial chain of pre-prepared meals is long and fragmented, and the competition in the segment of low-end products is fierce.
“目前，预制餐的产业链较长且碎片化，低端产品细分市场竞争激烈。
"Membership stores will continue their strong momentum this year, amid more fierce competition, resulting from the rising number of players who have joined in the sector," said Jason Yu, general manager of Kantar Worldpanel in China.
Kantar Worldpanel中国区总经理Jason Yu表示：“会员店今年将继续保持强劲势头，因为加入该行业的玩家数量不断增加，竞争更加激烈。”。
Xu's appointment as CEO coincides with the Beijing-based tech heavyweight's slowing growth amid fierce competition from local rivals such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Pinduoduo.
徐被任命为首席执行官之际，这家总部位于北京的科技巨头正面临来自阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司和拼多多等本土竞争对手的激烈竞争，增长放缓。
But challenges also exist, including fierce competition with players such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, Tencent Holdings Ltd and Huawei Technologies Co. "Healthy competition makes us all better.
但挑战也存在，包括与阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司、腾讯控股有限公司和华为技术有限公司等公司的激烈竞争。
"But as more internet giants elbow their way to target especially digital infrastructure buildups and capacity-building, Huitongda is facing increasingly fierce competition as a pure player in the business-to-business model," Cao said.
曹表示：“但随着越来越多的互联网巨头转向目标，尤其是数字基础设施建设和能力建设，汇通达作为企业对企业模式中的纯粹参与者，正面临着越来越激烈的竞争。”。
Even though the industry still faces many challenges such as changes of a vehicle's power source and fierce competition, Li said hydrogen is the ultimate energy for the future, so his group must accumulate technological advantages in hydrogen engines.
尽管该行业仍面临许多挑战，如汽车动力源的变化和激烈的竞争，但李表示，氢是未来的终极能源，因此他的团队必须在氢发动机方面积累技术优势。
The recent start to construction for the Legoland Shanghai Resort in Jinshan district has escalated fierce competition among theme park resort operators in East China.
位于金山区的乐高乐园上海度假区最近开工建设，加剧了华东地区主题公园度假区运营商之间的激烈竞争。
To stand out amid fierce competition, Chen said Metro Plus has also boosted its deeply integrated digital shopping experience.
陈表示，为了在激烈的竞争中脱颖而出，Metro Plus还提升了其深度融合的数字购物体验。
Experts noted that as the competition is fierce in auto industry, these moves represent an acceleration of Geely's goal of becoming a technology-led global auto group and aims to boost its sales to 3.65 million units per starting from 2025.
专家指出，随着汽车行业竞争的激烈，这些举措代表着吉利成为技术领先的全球汽车集团的目标的加速，其目标是从2025年起将销量提高到365万辆。
Leading Chinese technology companies have invested heavily in the intelligent logistics sector on driverless cars, drones and robots to gain the upper hand amid fierce competition, Lu said.
As the touchstone of construction machinery industry, European, American and Australian markets attract the best brands and feature fierce market competition.
"Cheng also wrote that in North America, delivery apps founded by Chinese immigrants have flourished although the competition is fierce.
"The competition of the domestic cosmetics market has been fierce, and Chinese consumers have shown a high requirement on the quality, rational price and diversification of makeup.
A sex assault accusation by a female employee of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has engulfed China's top e-commerce company, sending it scurrying to contain potential damage to its businesses that have been already bruised by recent antitrust penalties, even as industry observers called for better corporate governance in an industry marked by fierce competition, speed and scale.
The new stores will also help Walmart to get closer to consumers in China as well as take on rivals that have been piling pressure of late through fierce expansion of their warehouse membership stores.
Competition between numerous coffeehouses has been fierce in major Chinese cities, said AskCI Consulting.
"Facing fierce competition and restrictions imposed to stabilize the property market, most real estate firms actively adjusted marketing strategies to further explore market demand," said Hui Jianqiang, head of research at Beijing Zhongfang-Yanxie Technology Service Ltd. "Their performance indicates the great demand in China, and the resilience of leading property developers.
"After the virus outbreak, we've seen more Chinese firms in fields such as AI, smart robots and healthcare ramping up efforts to tap global markets, and some SMEs will also choose to seek new growth opportunities overseas instead of being locked in fierce competition in the domestic market.
"The 19 billion cubic meters of Russian gas in the future will further guarantee and diversify gas supplies along the route and intensify already fierce competition in the Yangtze River Delta area, supplied by the West–East Gas Pipeline, Sichuan – Shanghai pipeline and several terminals around the delta. "
In an investors' call on Thursday, Chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang said Alibaba has gone through "all kinds of challenges", including the pandemic, fierce competition and an antimonopoly investigation.
"Though faced with fierce competition in China, the company will continue to beef up investment in the local market and hopes to bring more new products and innovations to the country," he said.
According to a report from iResearch, there is fierce competition in the K-12 or kindergarten to the 12th-grade sector with low enthusiasm for the education market for preschool children.
"More importantly, Dingdong Maicai and Miss Fresh－which take front-end warehouses as focus－are facing fierce competition from community group-buying platforms," Kong said.
Dada would pick up on JD's instant retail and delivery business to tailor to the expanding consumption scenarios and categories, according to a press release by Dada, as e-commerce becomes a commonplace and increasingly fierce battlefield in China.
Recent reports that leading apparel retailer Gap Inc is weighing options, including a potential sale of its business in the Chinese mainland, indicate how the fierce competition among fast-fashion brands is pushing them to further expand their physical presence and enhance digital-powered retail ecosystems.
Tang said oversupply in the apparel sector, fierce competition and declining demand from consumers are prompting many global clothing giants to retreat from the Chinese mainland market.
Tang Xiaotang, an analyst of clothing and fashion industry, the oversupply of the apparel sector, fierce competition and declining demand from consumers are main contributors to the retreat of many global clothing giants in the Chinese market.
The company has over 380 million users across more than 40 countries, a feat it achieved despite fierce competition spawned by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Experts said that in recent years, with new dynamics and new business models emerging, China's online economy has flourished, but competition has become increasingly fierce in some sectors, and the problem of unfair competition has also emerged.
Yet another factor that could have triggered the lawsuit is the fierce competition among Chinese tech giants.
As online education has entered a period of long-term fierce competition, Hou said the firm will focus on large-scale courses in the K12, or kindergarten to 12th grade, sector and will continue to offer high-quality educational resources and services.
The investment of Shenzhen Kedali in Godollo was won by Hungary in the midst of fierce international competition, he added.
Against the backdrop of a global economic recession, intensified international trade frictions and fierce industrial competition, the risks of bankruptcy for enterprises have become more prominent.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Monday it will invest $3.6 billion to gain a controlling stake in hypermarket operator Sun Art Retail Group Ltd, upping the ante in China's fierce retail market.
Buoyed by the large population of children, parents' higher disposable income and increasing focus on children's education as well as the fierce competition for admission into top schools, the total revenue of the complementary childhood education market has grown rapidly from 420.6 billion yuan in 2015 to 780.2 billion yuan in 2019, according to the Frostxa0& Sullivan Report.
But it still faced mounting pressure from both upstart Pinduoduo, which lured rural and small-township buyers with cheaper bargains, and Meituan, backed by Tencent, in fierce competition for market share in food deliveries.
PepsiCo Inc's recent acquisition of Hangzhou Haomusi Food Co Ltd, also known as Be & Cheery and one of the largest convenient foods companies in China, is expected to further escalate the fierce competition in the country's fast-growing snack market.
The overall demand for liquor is recovering at this time, but the competition in the mid-end market is fierce along with upgrades in consumption, said Liu Peng, an analyst from TF Securities.
Chinese e-retailers are ramping up efforts to spur sales in the upcoming mid-year promotion season, with live-streaming shopping expected to be a fierce battlefield, which has boomed after the COVID-19 epidemic kept Chinese consumers indoors for months.
Facing fierce competition from local food brands and fast-evolving dynamics in the market, Nestle has decided to invest and innovate more quickly to get ahead, Yu said, adding that localizing innovation in China will help companies to attain innovation on a global scale.
At the same time, Xiao acknowledged the fierce competition in the Chinese online entertainment industry, with market scale continuing to expand, as a lot of newcomers and traditional giants are competing on the same battleground.
Often dubbed China's Netflix, Baidu-backed iQiyi has been locked in a fierce competition with Alibaba-backed Youku Tudou and Tencent-backed Tencent Video.
Li said the epidemic will accelerate the reshuffle in the display industry, as supply has surpassed demand in the past few years and competition has become fierce.
The future landscape is filled with challenges arising from the COVID-19 outbreak, the global economic downturn and the fierce insurance market competition.
Sam's Club, the high-end membership store of world retailing giant Walmart, is expected to open its flagship store inxa0Shanghai, the third in the city, a proactive move in the face of the fierce competition accelerated by the opening of Costco Wholesale store last year.
The net profits, however, fell 30.06 percent year-on-year to 1.43 billion yuan as the company revved up spending for a bigger market share amid fierce competition, it said.
The stake sale comes as the fast-food chain saw revenue and profit growth stall amid fierce competition in China's dining scene.
E-commerce site now sells to 150m customers in over 200 economies across the globeSmartphone maker Xiaomi Corp has a track record of inspiring the fierce loyalty of its domestic fans using social media.
Though faced with fierce competition in China, he said the firm will continue to beef up research and development and hopes to bring more new products to the country.
"Competition is definitely fierce," said Zhao Huanyan, chief analyst at Shenzhen-based hospitality consultancy Huamei.
Baidu is engaged in a fierce battle with Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, which is moving beyond its core businesses in news and video and into workplace messaging and music streaming, entering a sector currently dominated by Baidu.
Chinese smartphone vendor Oppo said on Tuesday it will invest 50 billion yuan ($7.1 billion) over the next three years into research and development, as it aims to hone its technological prowess amid the fierce competitions for the 5G-enabled internet of things era.
Facing fierce market competition, the Steinhagen-headquartered group will provide more tailor-made solutions to customers in eastern and southern China from its Changshu factory.
In July, Amazon shut down its third-party seller services on its Chinese online marketplace amid increasingly fierce competition from homegrown e-commerce rivals such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and JD, as well as Pinduoduo.
"Only with an open mindset, and building our core competence in an open environment, we can survive the fierce competition," Li said.
Lu Zhenwang, CEO of Shanghai-based Wanqing Consultancy, said e-commerce giants are aware of the significance of cutting-edge technologies and intelligent logistics, and have invested massively in the sector to gain an upper hand given fierce competition in the market.
To counter the fierce competition, it will continue to beef up investment in China and hopes to introduce products that meet Chinese consumers' desire, he said.
Samsung Electronics said in a statement on Monday night that it has adjusted its business due to the uncertainties from the internal and external business environment and fierce competition, as it is aspiring to bolster the rapid growth of 5G in China.
The emergence of new entrants in recent years has led to fierce competition, and vitamin E prices have declined, Qiu Xiaofeng, an analyst with Everbright Securities, said.
"But how to differentiate them from the fierce competition with other Western food chain brands is to highlight the strengths of their products.
Faced with fierce competition both at home and globally, XGIMI has intensified research and development of core technologies, Zhong said.
Industry analysts said foreign retailers have been facing fierce competition with domestic rivals and mounting pressure facing China's growing online market.
We believe that such spirit will help them to gain a lead in the fierce competition," said Li Hongwei, managing partner of GGV.
The rising demand also led to a fierce competition in the home market where around 30 projector manufacturers are trying to grab a slice of the cake.
Industry insiders said both Baidu and Kuaishou are engaged in a fierce battle with Bytedance, which is moving beyond its core businesses in news and video and into workplace messaging and music streaming, entering a sector currently dominated by Baidu.
In the past few years, China's logistics sector has been growing in terms of scale and service quality, with more consumers shifting to online shopping amid fierce market competition between industrial rivals.
The new products feature capsule coffee and allow consumers to make coffee at home or in the office by themselves, which is part of the alliance's efforts to tap such groups amid fierce competition in the coffee delivery sector.
Foreign companies in China have faced fierce pressure from local players, pushing them to roll out more localized products at a faster speed.
Analysts said the push by Chinese companies to expand abroad is also due in part to increasingly fierce domestic competition.
"As the bar for the food and beverage industry is relatively lower compared with other segments, the number of such companies is increasing at a very fast pace, making the domestic competition even more fierce," said a report by Qianzhan Industry Research Institute.