We dedicate copious amounts of time and attention to our work to maintain our high personal standards.

我们在工作上花费很多时间和精力，以维持自己的高标准。

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He sets high standards for himself, and his work sometimes complicates matters: a task that should take only an hour to complete takes him a few months.

他对自己的标准很高，常把工作弄得错综复杂：一项只需几小时的工作他会花费数月完成。

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"As we work to set high regulatory standards here in the United States, we have to challenge other countries around the world to do the same," he said.

他说：“我们在美国努力制定高管理标准的时候，必须要求世界其他国家也这样做。”

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She has had to work hard to start reaching the high standards she set herself in China.

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"We will continue to work together with other health professionals in this area of surgery to ensure high standards of care and patient safety are maintained, " he added.

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As a result of the generations-long failure to maintain the highest educational and work standards, combined with high-minded governmental programs that, in practice, encourage laxity and dependence, we no longer manufacture the kind of highly crafted goods that come out of much less populous nations like Germany and Switzerland.

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