||1:With Barbie, Mattel tried to localise in the wrong way.||2:A former Chinese manager at the American company calls its promotion of a line of cheaper, flimsier dolls “arrogant”.||3:Because no effort was put into making her locally relevant, Barbie held none of her usual aspirational appeal, even for spendthrift Chinese.||4:In 2009 Mattel opened the world’s largest Barbie shop on a luxury shopping street in central Shanghai, stuffed with 800 dolls.||5:The six-floor pink colossus confused Chinese parents by offering mothers a spa, designer fashion and “Barbietini” cocktails, and their daughters more age-appropriate attractions.||6:It was a flop and shut two years later.

||1:而美泰针对芭比娃娃的本地化方式则是错误的。||2:这家美国公司的一名前中国经理将该公司推广的一系列更便宜、更轻薄的玩偶称为“傲慢”。||3:由于没有努力让芭比在当地变得有影响力，芭比没有像往常那样吸引人，即使对挥金如土的中国人也是如此。||4:2009年，美泰在上海市中心的一条豪华购物街上开设了全球最大的芭比专卖店，店里塞满了800个芭比娃娃。||5:这家六层楼高的粉色巨型酒店为妈妈们提供水疗、设计师设计的时装和“芭比尼”鸡尾酒，以及对女儿更有吸引力的东西，这让中国家长感到困惑。||6:这个举措很失败，并在两年后闭店。

||1:The opposition schism renders the prospect of a negotiated end to the conflict in the near future flimsier still.||2:But the new joint fighting force could act as a bulwark against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), an al-Qaeda group manned largely by foreign mujahideen that is more radical than Jabhat al-Nusra.||3:ISIS did not sign the statement, and has faced growing hostility as it seeks to expand its influence.

||1:反对分类使得不久将来通过协商解决冲突的前景变得渺茫。||2:但是新的联合作战部队可以作为反抗伊拉克伊斯兰国和沙姆地区组织（ISIS）的堡垒，ISIS是一个很大程度上由比Jabhat al-Nusra更激进的外国基地组织mujahideen所操纵的组织。||3:ISIS没有签署声明，随着其对外扩张会面对更多的敌意。

A tray for sunglasses used a flimsier type of plastic than previous models.

一个太阳镜的托盘较之前的型号使用了一种致命的塑料。

This sounds like an advantage, but it may imply just the opposite: that police arrest Asians on flimsier grounds than they do others.

这听起来是个优势，但也可能正相反：比起其他种族的人来说，警察更加没有立场逮捕亚洲人。