The uk prided itself on having as advanced a financial system and as sophisticated a system of regulation as anywhere .
英国曾为拥有一个像其它国家一样发达的金融体系和复杂的监管体系而自豪。
Unemployment rates had fallen to their lowest since the mid-1970s , thanks to prolonged growth and the newly efficient labour market on which britain prided itself .
This might seem improbable in a country which has always prided itself on its commitment to low taxes and the purer form of free market capitalism .
在一个总是以低税和更纯粹的自由市场资本主义为傲的国家里,似乎不太可能出现这种局面。
I prided myself enormously on being the only person around who knew where they grew , their latin names and their blooming times .
作为附近唯一一个知道它们在哪里生长、它们的拉丁名称和它们的花期的人,我对自己极为自豪。
He prided himself as having a hacker 's mentality , making fixes on the fly as he saw fit .
扎克伯格为自己拥有黑客的头脑,并能够在百忙之中随时对代码进行他认为适当的修改而感到骄傲。
It prided itself on devotion to freedom and equality , yet slavery played a pivotal role in its economy , women lacked basic rights and native americans were grossly mistreated .
Michael prided himself on being unreasonable , and only in the later years of life did he mellow sufficiently to occasionally refrain from debate .
麦克将自己归为不理智的人,并且直到他生命的最后几年他才足够成熟稳重去偶尔地克制自己争辩。
This is acutely embarrassing to a party that has always prided itself on its decency , and which aspires to cut northern italy off from the crime and corruption in the south .
It was able to construct little social democracies that prided themselves on creating equality , or at least minimizing gross discrepancies of wealth .