Have you ever had someone try to explain something to you a dozen times with no luck?

你有没有遇到，一个人试着向你解释一件事十几遍，都没有成功的情况？

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As one person ironically put it in the comments section of Schwartz's online article, "As I was reading this very excellent article, I stopped at least half a dozen times to check my email."

正如一个人在施瓦茨的在线文章的评论部分中讽刺地指出的那样，“当我阅读这篇非常出色的文章时，我至少停下来六次来查看我的电子邮件。”

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You are a dozen times smarter.

你比我聪明得多。

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He played only about a dozen times while in office, but he loved to putt around.

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Interest rates have risen nearly a dozen times in almost an equal number of months.

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And he used the words morals and morality at least half a dozen times.

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