35% of staff time was being spent on repeating work, about the average for a service industry.
员工35%的时间花费在重复劳动上，大约是服务业的一般水平。
He's a spoiled brat and it's about time he learned to behave properly.
他是个被宠坏的顽劣孩子，该是他学着行为得当的时候了。
There's been a warning about the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time.
很长一段时间以来，一直有关于文化文明即将死亡的警告。
I hope there will be time to talk a bit—or at least ask you about one or two things this evening.
我希望今晚能有时间和你谈一会儿，—或者至少能问你一两件事儿。
I have three part-time jobs, which bring in about $24,000 a year.
我有3份兼职工作，一年能赚大约$24000。
He worries about a time when college athletics become even more elitist than they are now.
他担心有一天大学体育运动会变得比现在更加精英主义化。
I'm in a panic about getting everything done in time.
我处于一阵要把一切及时安排就绪的恐慌中。
We all spent a lot of time tut-tutting about Angie and her lifestyle.
我们都花了不少时间，对安吉和她的生活方式啧啧地表示了反对。
This is a big issue ; we need more time to think about it.
这是个重大问题，我们需要花较多的时间考虑。
He will complain about having to spend time with such a boring bunch of geriatrics.
他会抱怨不得不花费时间跟这么一帮乏味的老家伙在一起。
She was 15 years old at the time and lied about her age to get a marriage licence.
她当时只有15岁，为了拿到一个结婚证而在年龄上撒了个谎。
We had a delightful time talking about the olden days on his farm.
我们兴高采烈地聊起了在他农场度过的往昔时光。
It was a time when people weren't so hung up about health.
那时人们不太关注健康。
It's about time a few movie makers with original ideas were given a chance.
该是给一些有创意的电影制作者一个机会的时候了。
You were a total failure if you hadn't married by the time you were about twenty-three.
如果你在二十三岁左右还没结婚，就是一个彻底的失败者。
You will feel more buoyant and optimistic about the future than you have for a long time.
对于未来，你会比很久以来所感受到的更加快活、乐观。
She spoke for the first time about the traumas of a broken marriage.
她第一次说起婚姻破裂之痛。
The Institute spends a lot of time scratching its head about how to boost American productivity.
这家研究所花大量时间绞尽脑汁思考怎样推进美国的生产力。
I was angry at the time but we had a good laugh about it afterwards.
我当时很生气，可后来却又觉得十分可笑。
It's about time you got a job to earn your keep.
你该找个工作挣自己的生活费了。
Don't you think it's about time you invested in a new coat?
你不觉得该花点钱买件新外套了吗？
Leah reflects on a time she listened to the whispers: "About the time my daughter was five years old, I started having a sense that 'this isn't right.'"
利亚回想起，有一次，她听到这些窃窃私语：“大约在我女儿五岁的时候，我开始有一种‘这样不对’的感觉。”
Leah reflects on a time she listened to the whispers: "About the time my daughter was five years old, I started having a sense that 'this isn't right'."
莉娅回想起，有一次她听到这些窃窃私语：“大约在我女儿五岁的时候，我开始感觉‘这样不对’。”
We protested about the changes for a long time, but in the end we had to submit.
我们对这些变动抗议了很长时间，但最终不得不屈服。
Think about the time of a day you work best.
想想你一天中把工作完成得最好的时间。
People write about it, they lobby about it and care a lot about it and the food industry spends a lot of time worrying about it.
人们写它，游说它并且很关心它。食品工业花了很多时间担心它。
Peter, whose round eyes could only move about slowly, had a hard time looking out for her.
彼得那双圆眼睛迟钝地转动着，好不容易才找到她。
It's also about spending peaceful time in a quiet environment with no calendar.
也可以在一个安静的环境中度过一段平静的时光，不用日历。
The author of How to Be Interesting: An Instruction Manual, Hagy spends a lot of time thinking about what's interesting to her.
作为《如何变得有趣：一本指导手册》的作者，哈吉花了很多时间来思考，对于她而言什么是有趣的事情。
Half of them wrote about a time they felt secure and supported, whereas the other half wrote about feeling insecure and alone.
其中一半人写的是他们感到安全和被支持的时候，而另一半人写的是感到不安全和孤独的时候。
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