The mousetrap missed the big mouse , and that led to considerable damage .

捕鼠器没能抓住大老鼠因而导致了相当大的损害。

Apple may claim a patent on its mousetrap , but can it claim to control all methods for catching mice ?

苹果可以为它的捕鼠器申请专利，可是难道它能声称控制所有的抓老鼠方法吗？

If the questions raised about macroeconomic models recently can 't derail any part of the macroeconomics research agenda from its present path , it 's likely to be a long time before that new mousetrap arrives .

如果当前宏观经济模型问题不能从当前途径上打乱任何宏观经济研究的议程，那新捕鼠器的到来可能还需有相当长的时间。

And while consumers the world over may well celebrate any successes by chinese for building a better mousetrap , search engine , or car engine , such consumers might also remember that their choices are not always made in completely free markets .

当全球的消费者都在为中国人因制造出新的捕鼠器，搜索引擎，或是轿车发动机而欢呼时，这些消费者也许还记得他们的这些选择并不总是全部由自由市场决定的。

Ralph waldo emerson , a 19th-century american sage , is supposed to have said that if a man built a better mousetrap than his neighbour , the world would make a beaten path to his door .

拉尔夫瓦尔多爱默生，一位十九世纪美国作家，曾说过，如果一个人做出了比邻居更好的捕鼠器，那么整个世界会来踏破他的门坎。