There are things you can't get back: the spoken word, the time that has gone by, and lost opportunities.

有些事物你是无法挽回的：说过的话语、流逝的时间、错过的机会。

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Considering all the time, money, effort, and lost opportunities associated with these failures, they are a tremendous drain on an organization.

考虑所有与这些失败相关的时间、金钱、工作和失去的机会，对于一个企业来说这都是极大的消耗。

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For parents there are lost opportunities to walk and talk with their young scholar about their day.

对父母来说，他们失去了与自己的年轻学者般的孩子们散步和交谈的机会。

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No longer will we accept the notion that our politics are too small, our nation too divided, our people too weary of broken promises and lost opportunities to take up a historic calling.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama: A New Consensus on Auto Emissions

For the same old reasons: managers fear workers will slack off and workers fear lost face time will translate to lost respect, lost opportunities and lost pay.

FORBES: Obamas Push For Workplace Flexibility

The flaws in such a system, which include subjecting many legal workers to false positives and lost job opportunities, are described here.

FORBES: Legal is Better than Illegal