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had lost its swagger：失去了昔日的威风

Bruised：由于

 a series of painful missteps and a run-in :一系列痛苦的失误和xx的冲突

kicking crucial decisions down the road：正在做出重要的决定

fossil-fuel-heavy commodities：化石燃料大宗商品

start turning investors away.：开始让投资者望而却步

Detail-focused and exacting：注重细节，一丝不苟

fit the stereotype of：不符合xx的刻板形象

hard-charging and charismatic：强势，魅力超凡的

turned to：寻求

quickly and methodically：行动迅速，有条理

shakeup：重组

dismantle a dual listing structure：拆除双重上市结构

outgrown ：无法满足

greenlit a giant potash mine：批准了一座巨型钾矿

wavering：犹豫

making a tentative return to acquisitions：试探性地回归收购

sidelines：边缘

serving penitence：为xxx忏悔

a series of disastrous takeover bids and deals：一系列灾难性的收购要求和交易

a bidding war：竞购战

walk away：离开

disparate：各不相同

a mega-deal：大型交易

supercharge the company’s copper business：增强公司铜业务的大型交易

propose a deal :提出交易

 swiftly and forcefully：迅速而且有力

barreling toward a supply shortage.：面临供应短缺之际

betting：押注

offset its retreat：抵消其撤退

rivals：竞争对手

scouting for ：寻找

pull it off.：成功

multistep：多步骤

the less predictable：难以预测

an improved bid：改进的出价说服

politically charged approval processes.：带有政治色彩的审批过程

reared its head：抬起了头

the culmination of years ：多年的顶峰

 setbacks：挫折

put its management on the back foot：使其管理层陷入困境

ready to act：准备好采取行动

personally leading the charge：亲自领导下

 is undeterred：没有退却

 deliberately：刻意

opportunistically：机会主义

ignorance：无知

bluff their way through a conversation：在谈话中虚张声势

 invariably：总是

 cold logic and hard facts.：冷酷的逻辑和确凿的事实

 heritage：血统

he worked his way up through the ranks：他一步步晋升

 implementing changes：实施组合

 pursue a deal ：达成交易

merged with：与合并

unleash the company's agility：释放公司的灵活性

 reshaped :重塑

it was still stuck with a major long-term problem：但它仍然面临一个重大的长期问题

their exposure to the energy transition.接触

 beefed up his deal team：加强了交易团队

issued marching orders：发布了行动命令

 audacious：大胆的

foray into ：进军

 reversed.：扭转局面

recognized：认识到

 nimble enough to pounce：足够的灵活去突袭

 wounded：受伤

 took the helm：掌舵

setback：挫折

 it was over the course of last year：直到去年

 imploded：崩溃

squeezed：挤压了

is particularly exposed to South Africa：在南非有业务

a review of：审查

 pare back expansion plans：削减扩张计划

counterpart：同事

spurred the company：促使公司

culminating in the proposal：最终提出建议

outlined a deal：概述了一项交易

spinning them off to shareholders：分拆给股东

 proceeding with：进行

 go ahead with the takeover：继续进行收购

 long contended with：长期争论

 fractious labor relations：紧张的劳资关系

flagged its intention：表示有意做某事

its assessment：其评估

 the offer itself undervalues the company：要约本身低估了公司的价值

Spinning off：剥离

 takeover price.：收购价格

 raise antitrust red flags：发出反垄断的危险信号

 a political lightning rod：政治避雷针

is listed：上市

headquartered：总部位于

 ingrained with：深深扎根于

 took the stage：上台

in hindsight:事后来看

 a curiously missed ：奇怪地错失

 hurdles：障碍

vulnerability：弱点

snap up ：抢购

 transformed the company：实现公司的转型

championed：支持

a parallel commodity：平行商品

went on the hunt for deals：继续寻找交易

 a glut of supply：过剩供应

 the foray：尝试

 holds some insight into：对xxx有一些了解

walking away：放弃了

predecessors：前任

 ego-driven culture：自我为导向的文化

 lose out on a deal ：在交易中失败

 a firm intention ：坚定的意图

enter talks:进入谈判

 wild card：潜在的不确定性

beaten-down stocks：遭受重创的股票

outright sales of the business：直接出售业务

fired the gun：打响了枪

some consolidation due：一些整合