Rather, it refers to the performance of the rules engine itself in terms of the amount of time it takes to execute the rules and return results back to the calling application.

相反，这指的是规则引擎本身的性能，并取决于执行规则和将结果返回给调用应用程序所花费的时间量。

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I had flown into Dallas for the sole purpose of calling on a client. Time was of the essence and my plan included a quick turnaround trip from and back to the airport.

之前我为了见一个客户飞了一趟达拉斯，时间就是生命，按照行程计划，我马上又折返回到了机场。

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Last week, Prada SpA began calling employees back to full-time work after cutting some work days for 210 of its 3,000 Italian workers, according to a spokesman.

普拉达(Prada)一位发言人称，在削减3000名意大利员工当中210名的工时后，上周已经开始让他们从事全工时工作。

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Back then, the idea of offering free peak-time calls to consumers calling contacts within the same network was novel.

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