Not very good, I'm afraid, but I do play it a lot. Do you play, by any chance?
不怎么擅长,但我确实经常打。你有机会打球吗?
Some of the bigger firms are engaged in researches which are of such general and fundamental nature that it is a positive advantage to them not to keep them secret.
某些大公司进行的研究属于一般和基础性的研究。因此不保密对他们才有利。