Absenteeism and lateness hurt productivity and, since work was specialized, disrupted the regular factory routine.

旷工和迟到损害了生产力，而且由于工作是专门化的，这便打乱了工厂的正常工作程序。

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Harold Bloom has written, and I think he's absolutely right, that Milton begins Paradise Lost with a powerful defense against lateness.

哈罗德·布卢姆写道，我认为他说得对极了，弥尔顿在《失乐园》的开头对迟到进行了有力的辩护。

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The guesthouse in Nanshao was the most pleasant we have come across, run by a welcoming Miao family who despite the lateness of the hour gave us hot water for our feet and hot food for our bellies.

南哨的旅馆是我们遇到的最友善的旅馆，由一家好客的苗族人经营。 尽管那天已经很晚，主人还是为我们的双脚提供了热水，为我们的肚子提供了热饭。

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Harold Bloom has written, and I think he's absolutely right, that Milton begins Paradise Lost with a powerful defense against lateness.

哈罗德·布卢姆写道，我认为他说得对极了，他说弥尔顿,在《失乐园》的开头对这些“晚“进行了有力的辩护。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

You can think of it as this reaction to the problem of lateness that accounts for one of the invocation's most distinctive features, and that's the repetition of the word "first."

你们可以把弥尔顿在这首诗中对“晚“的回应,当做这首诗最明显的特征之一，这表现在他反复使用“初/先“一词上“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

While at the same time as I say congratulations, I want to remind you that I think it comes as no surprise given the lateness of Labor Day this year that this first test came rather early and for many of you much of this material you had seen in high school.

当我对你们表示祝贺的同时，我也想提醒你，今年晚来的劳动节,并非是什么惊喜,第一个测试来的比较早,你们中的绝大多数在高中已经见过了。

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This assistance is targeted to avoid the crisis from escalating in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia where the lateness and insufficiency of rains are expected to have a significant negative impact on crop production.

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No-one connected to the show has commented, but the venue apologised for the late start via its Twitter feed saying: "Justin Bieber is now on stage and apologises for the lateness of his show".

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And is it time for the President, given the lateness of the hour, to say something about what he would be willing to accept, perhaps not including a tax on carbon -- a price on carbon?

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