41. Volkswagen's premium brand has been ranking high in consumer surveys, with

some of its models even?placing ahead of?BMW and Mercedes.

大眾汽車的優(yōu)質(zhì)品牌在消費者調(diào)查中也一直受到很高的評價，大眾的一些車型甚至

排在寶馬和奔馳前面。

42. Indeed, Citi posted a 9% gain and held on to its position as the?No.11?global

brand, thanks to a concerted effort to boost its retail presence.

確實，由于公司上下為加強在零售市場占有率所做的一致努力，花旗銀行品牌價

值實現(xiàn)了9%的增長率，穩(wěn)穩(wěn)保持住了在全球最佳品牌排行榜上第 11 名的位置。

43. Japan?leads the way?in high-tech gadgets that help prevent accidents.

日本在預防交通事故的高科技裝置上領先。

44. The device?leads the world. 這種裝置領先于世界。

45. It goes to the?top of the list?if only for that hollowed-out volcano.

如果只看那個被挖空的火山，本片可以名列榜首。

46. The hedge fund manager/Russian industrialist who?dominates today's rich list

shirks this in favor of shiny shoes and cufflinks.

今日在富豪榜上占據(jù)支配地位的對沖基金經(jīng)理或者俄羅斯實業(yè)家則對此不屑一顧，

他們更喜歡發(fā)亮的皮鞋和佩戴領扣。

47. The same can't be said of many later designs. 后來的許多設計難望其項背。

48. The area under cultivation increased by 12% last year, to 114m hectares globally.

American?topped the list.

其耕作面積去年增加了 12%，全球達到 1.14 億公頃。美國名列榜首

49. Chicago and Los Angles are the?next top consumers of hot dogs.

芝加哥和洛杉磯的熱狗銷量僅次之。

50. But the other companies that make up our?annual ranking?have hatched plenty

of their own brilliant ideas. The pay-off？It keeps them strong in good times and bad.

但是其他在我們年度排行榜上的公司也想出了很多它們自己的聰明創(chuàng)意。益處何在呢？

無論順境或逆境，這可以使它們始終保持強大。