He wagered early on Yahoo Japan and Alibaba. The latter investment alone may be one of the greatest investments ever, parlaying a bet of about$ 200 million into a stake worth in the neighborhood of$ 70 billion. 早在很久以前,他就投资了雅虎日本和阿里巴巴公司。后者也许堪称史上最佳投资之一,2亿美元的投入如今已经升值到了大约700亿美元。
Parlaying small concessions for dollops of oil is no substitute for the massive, sustained aid and investment North Korea desperately needs. 用小小让步换回的几桶石油,替代不了大规模、持续性的援助和投资这些才是朝鲜迫切需要的。
For example, Russia participates in the six-way talks on North korea; but China would prefer to monopolise diplomacy in that area, parlaying its supposedly close ties with Pyongyang into leverage with the Americans over taiwan. 例如,俄罗斯参与了朝核问题六方会谈;但中国却更希望在该问题上独自施加外交影响,利用其料想的与平壤的亲密关系作为在台湾问题上与美国讨价还价的筹码。