Their concerns were the weather, animals, disease, childbirth and outwitting the landlord. 他们关心的是天气、牲口、疾病、生育和与地主斗智。
Here of course there is not only the exercise of skill but the outwitting of a skilled opponent. 当然这里不仅运用了技巧,而且还在斗智上胜过了一个有奉事的对手。
Even now, the wily Zimbabwean liberation hero seems to be outwitting his rivals, mediators and enemies in almost equal measure. 甚至在现在,这位老谋深算的津巴布韦解放英雄以几乎同样的方法,正在欺骗他的对手、仲裁者和敌人。
But his workers were outwitting him by keeping an eye on each other, making sure nobody picked too quickly, and thus collectively slowing down and cranking up the piece rate. 但工人们智胜一筹,他们相互盯着,以免有人摘得太快,这样大家整体速度慢了下来,也就推高了工资率。
Enterprise of partner can't come to a sound end, mainly because cheat and outwitting happen in the dividend sharing. 合夥的事业何以难有善终,其中绝大部分的原因,就在于利润分配上的尔虞我诈所造成的。