Bagpipes and dancing open the competitions of local sporting events, which are called Highland Gatherings.

高地风笛与舞蹈揭开了当地运动盛会——高地集会的序幕。

He's got to modernize the public sector and the pension system to privatize lots of state assets, to open up competition in many professions.

他要使希腊的公共部门和养老金制度现代化，使大部分国家资产私有化，在大部分行业中引进竞争。

That a joint-stock company should be able to carry on successfully any branch of foreign trade, when private adventurers can come into any sort of open and fair competition with them, seems contrary to all experience.

一家股份公司应该能够成功地经营任何外贸部门，而私人冒险家可以与他们进行任何形式的公开和公平竞争，这似乎与所有经验背道而驰。