Firms that once cosied up to it now treat it as a pariah.

曾经讨好它的公司现在将其视为贱民。

These organelles, the descendants of bacteria that cosied up with the ancestors of human beings back when those ancestors were unicellular, retain from their days of independence a list of other jobs.

这些细胞器细菌的后代， 它们在人类的祖先还单细胞生物时就与这些祖先亲密关系。即便在独时期， 它们也保留一系列其他职责。