When your staff is worked to the bone, your first instinct might be to pay them more to keep them going.

如果你的员工已是工作到肝脑涂地，你的第一个本能反应就是提供更多的报酬，以使他们继续努力。

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They need good intensive and ambulance care, good transportation, and staff specialized in treating orthopaedic and bone injuries.

国家还需要有良好的重症监护和救护服务、通畅的运输以及擅长骨科损伤治疗的工作人员。

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In a corner of the Big Bone Room, a relatively fresh-looking plaster cast marked "Skull" sat in front of old photos of museum staff handling similar fossils.

在巨骨室的一处角落里，一块看起来相对不那么古老的石膏模型上标着“头颅”字样，它被摆在了几张老照片的前面，而照片里的博物馆工作人员手里拿着的正是同一块相似的化石。

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The front line staff has been cut to the bone over the last four years and the amount of work has not been reduced.

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Staff luncheons regularly include beef, some of it attached to bits of bone.

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