And Slim, intriguingly, seems to be on the other side of the question from Buffett.
值得探讨的是，斯利姆看来简直就是来自巴菲特所提出质疑的反面教材。You hate to be on the negative side of history, but you've got to give credit where credit is due.
你肯定很讨厌成为历史的反面教材，但你不得不对他表示敬佩。With your experience not amounting to anything, you could be a wonderful example.
凭借你的经验，你会是一个很好的例子。注：反面教材？The singer George Michael has said he feels he's let down young gay kids by being a bad role-model.
歌手乔治·迈克尔近日表示，他让少年同志感到失望了，因为他成了他们的反面教材。My parents, both freelance journalists, were anti-models. I saw them as "frustrated writers" ; hope deferred maketh the heart sick.
身为自由记者的父母简直是反面教材：我觉得他们是“失意的作家”，久未实现的希望让他们心碎。I'm not totally useless, at least I can be used as a bad example.
我不是真的一无是处，至少可以当反面教材嘛。Alluding to the painful fallout from the financial crisis, Mr Geithner held up the UK's past policies as a negative example.
在提到金融危机的惨痛后果时，盖特纳将英国过去的政策当作反面教材。That is now routinely cited as a cautionary tale against premature fiscal tightening since it was followed by a steep recession.
这一举措如今常被作为反面教材引用，警告政府不要过早采取财政紧缩政策，因为随之而来的就是经济增长直线下滑。America's subprime meltdown is not, it seems, the best advertisement for unfettered finance elsewhere.
美国的次贷危机为其他国家提供了金融自由化的反面教材。