The inventor of the machine claims that it will reduce labor costs by virtually eliminating the need for manual weeding.

该机器的发明者声称，它将减少人工除草的需要，从而降低劳动力成本。

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They also took turns in watering, weeding and maintaining the plot.

他们还轮流负责浇水、除草和修整土地。

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As they had a good deal of weeding to do after the rains they fell to work.

因为雨后他们有许多除草的事要做，所以他们去干活了。

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She says the only work needed once beets have been thinned is weeding and, when the weather is dry, a weekly watering.

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Weeding,seeding and watering requires at least as much work as crops grown in the open air.

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"She used to do all the weeding and I did the planting, pruning and digging, " he said.

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This should postpone the weeding-out of weaker companies for a year or two.

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Since the restructuring of public services and the weeding out of ineffective staff are by no means over, it would be unwise for the new government to take away this flexibility.

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