Time lost waiting for the tool to do its job.

等待工具完成工作所消耗的时间。

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To pass the time while waiting for your boyfriend or an acquaintance who just flew into the city and is most likely lost, why not pretend you're on holiday at some opulent ski resort?

在等你的男友或者某个刚飞来这座城市的熟人的时间是最无聊难熬的时候，那为什么不想象一下你是在某个漂亮的滑雪胜地度假呢？

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This difference reflects the time lost to scheduling overhead and to idle time spent waiting to acquire locks.

这个差别反映了调度开销上的时间损失和用于等待获取锁的空闲时间。

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That way complex programs can be executed with a minimum of latency, or time lost, for the person waiting for results.

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In the time Coke spent trying to acquire Huiyuan, in negotiating the deal, in conducting due diligence and in waiting for regulatory approval, it lost time it could have spent building up its own juice labels within the market.

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