If you take these old surviving cells and compete them, also under starvation conditions, against a new, fast-growing culture of E. coli, the grizzled old tough guys beat out the squeaky clean upstarts every single time.

如果你把这些旧的幸存细胞和它们竞争， 同样在饥饿条件下，与一种新的、快速生长的大肠杆菌培养物竞争，头发花白的老硬汉每次都会击败干净利落的暴发户。