自从1995年将日本地产大亨堤义明“拉下马”后，盖茨一直稳坐世界首富宝座。

Gates has held the No. 1 spot since 1995, when he unseated Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, a Japanese real estate tycoon.

在这样的环境里，过去大好年代里能容忍下来的不当做法如今却能将老板拉下马，逼其重新找东家。

In this difficult environment, missteps that might have been tolerated in rosier times can put a boss's head on the block.

人们可以书写传单，反对占统治地位的共识。以廉价的方式出版，这些非主流观点能获得足够影响力，足以把堂堂一国之君，甚至教皇拉下马。

People could write tracts to oppose the prevailing consensus, and with cheap printing those unorthodox ideas could gain enough influence to topple a king, or a pope.