1. He is a veteran parliamentarian whose views enjoy widespread respect. 他是一位资深议员，其观点受到广泛尊重。
2. "Hedge funds used to be set up by two guys in a back alley with a flashlight," says one veteran. 一位资深人士表示：“对冲基金过去是由两个人拿着手电筒，在一个偏僻的小巷里建立起来的。”
3. If your project is being resisted, for example, by a group of veteran employees, ask another old-timer to speak up for it. 例如，如果你的项目遭到一群资深员工的反对，那就另请一位老前辈为它辩护。
4. "These people who promote the perfect body really don't care about you at all," says Kelsey Hertel, a high school junior and Body Project veteran in Eugene, Oregon. 俄勒冈州尤金市的凯尔西·赫特尔是一名高二学生，也是“身体工程”的老手，他说：“这些宣扬完美身材的人根本不在意你。”
5. Any veteran nicotine addict will testify that fancy packaging plays no role in the decision to keep smoking. 任何一个尼古丁成瘾的老烟民都能作证，花哨的包装对是否继续吸烟的决定没有任何影响。
