Back in 1998 , nicolas negroponte predicted the death of retail as we knew it .

众所周知，早在1998年，尼古拉斯•尼葛洛庞帝就曾预言零售业必将消亡。

Mr negroponte said an american pull-out would allow iraq to replace afghanistan as an al-qaeda sanctuary .

内格罗蓬特说，美国的撤离将使伊拉克取代阿富汗成为“基地”组织的庇护地。

Of the microsoft arrangement , mr. negroponte said : " we 've stayed very pure . "

至于与微软方面的协议，尼葛洛庞帝说：“我们的合作仍维持正常。”

At press gatherings , mr negroponte would describe it as an education programme and not a technology project .

在记者会上，negroponte先生将其描述为一项教育方案而非科技项目。

But negroponte 's visit was being seen by many in pakistan as an attempt to shore up president pervez musharraf .

但是，巴基斯坦的许多人认为，内格罗蓬特的这次访问是试图支持穆沙拉夫总统。