The main motivation behind adopting home working was to increase my own productivity, as a single mum to an 11-year-old.
作为一个有11岁孩子的单身母亲，采用在家工作的主要动机是提高我自己的工作效率。
Steam power did not merely spin cotton and roll iron; early in the new century, it also multiplied ten times over the amount of paper that a single worker could produce in a day.
蒸汽动力不仅可以用于纺织棉花和轧铁；新世纪早期，蒸汽机的使用同样大大提高了造纸的效率，蒸汽动力一天所生产的纸张总量是单个工人一天生产纸张总量的10倍。
A new study published in Cognition found that, in at least one real-world situation, a single ethics lesson may have had lasting effects.
发表在《认知》杂志上的一项新研究发现，仅一节道德课就可能产生持久的影响，至少在一种现实情形中是如此。
A group of thousands of aspens can actually constitute a single organism, called a clone, that shares an interconnected root system and a unique set of genes.
一群成千上万的白杨实际上可以组成一个单独的有机体，被称为克隆，它们共享一个相互连接的根系和一套独特的基因。
Ford vowed that he would sooner burn his factory to the ground than build a single vehicle for war purposes.
福特起誓说，他宁愿把自己的工厂烧毁，也不为战争生产一辆汽车。
The second story of a nearby house perches on a single pillar, like a boxy flamingo.
附近的一幢二层楼颤巍巍地倚在一根柱子上，像一只四四方方的火烈鸟。
The Princess unwound her long braid, pulled out a single hair and handed it to the littlest knight.
公主解开了长长的辫子，拔下一根头发交给那位最小个的骑士。
This tale of a single rescued child hints at some of the reasons for Finland's amazing record of education success.
这个关于一名获救儿童的故事暗示了芬兰在教育方面取得惊人成绩的一些原因。
When you study an author's writing style, don't stop on a single one, but explore numerous styles instead.
当你学习一位作家的写作风格时，不要只停留在一种风格上，而要探索多种风格。
I am no more lonely than a single mullein or dandelion in a pasture, or a bean leaf, or sorrel, or a horse-fly, or a bumblebee.
我并不比牧场上的一朵毛蕊花、一支蒲公英、一片豆叶、一束酢浆草、一只马蝇或一只大黄蜂更孤独。
Pinch-hitter Francisco Cabrera lashed a single to left field.
替补队员弗朗西斯科·卡布雷拉向左外场猛地击出一个一垒打。
Now the cheers and applause mingled in a single sustained roar.
这时欢呼声和掌声汇聚成了一阵经久不息的轰响。
It's such a privilege, spending an entire term diving into a single body of work.
整个学期都沉浸在一项工作中，真是一种特权。
She also devised a special reel to draw the fibres from the cocoon into a single thread so that they would be strong enough to be woven into fabric.
她还设计了一个特殊的卷轴，把蚕茧里的纤维拉成一根单线，这样它们就足够结实，可以织成织物。
In choosing a new home, Camille McClain's kids have a single demand: a backyard.
在选择新家时，卡米尔·麦克莱恩的孩子们只有一个要求，那就是要有后院。
Man is not a circle with a single centre; he is an ellipse with a double focus.
人并不是只有一个圆心的圆圈；他是一个有两个焦点的椭圆。
Just as a single word can change the meaning of a sentence, a single sentence can change the meaning of a paragraph.
正如一个单词可以改变一句话的意思，一句话可以改变一段话的意思。
In the art of origami, the artist would create a single animal or shape from a sheet of paper using precise folds and creases.
在折纸艺术中，艺术家会在一张纸上用精确的折叠和折痕来创造一个动物或形状。
Nye has performed a valuable service in rounding up and summarizing the various academic studies and theories of leadership into a single, slim volume.
在收集各种关于领导力的学术研究和理论、并将它们总结为一本薄薄的书这件事上，奈做出了宝贵的贡献。
First produced in a lab back in 2004, graphene is essentially a single layer of pure carbon atoms bonded together in a honeycomb lattice so thin it's actually considered two-dimensional.
石墨烯最早在2004年诞生于一个实验室，本质上是一层由纯碳原子组成的蜂窝状晶格层，薄到竟被认为是二维物质。
Seeing this, I was so moved that I couldn't say a single word.
看到这里，我感动得一句话也说不出来了。
From that day on, Cathy kept swimming and didn't miss a single practice.
从那天起，凯茜坚持游泳，没有错过一次训练。
Today, there is not a single girl in her village who doesn't go to school.
今天，她村子里的所有女孩都上学。
He showed us that even a single desire, never given up on, can make for a remarkable life.
他向我们展示，即使是一个愿望，只要永不放弃，也可以成就非凡的人生。
Can you believe that a single bush in the Amazon may have more species of ants than the whole of Britain!
你敢相信，亚马逊丛林的一个灌木丛中的蚂蚁种类可能比整个英国的蚂蚁种类还要多！
After Sonora became an adult, she understood the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.
在索诺拉成年后，她理解了她的父亲作为单亲父亲在抚养孩子方面所体现出的力量和无私。
Earth's surface is not made up of a single sheet of rock that forms a crust but rather a number of "tectonic plates" that fit closely, like the pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle.
地球表面并不是由构成地壳的单块岩石构成，而是许多紧密相连的“构造板块”，像一块巨大的拼图。
From the pile of books on your bedside table to your well-organized shelves, whether we notice it or not, our book collections are telling a story before a single page has been turned.
不管我们是否注意到，从床头柜上的一堆书到整齐有序的书架，在翻开一页书之前，我们的藏书就在讲述着一个故事。
When good students turn in an essay, they dream of their instructor returning it to them in exactly the same condition, save for a single word added in the margin of the final page: "Flawless."
当优秀的学生上交一篇文章时，他们梦想着老师能把它原封不动地还给他们，除了在最后一页的空白处加了一个词：“完美无瑕”。
Embroidery calls for great care. There must not be even a single sloppy stitch.
刺绣要求很高，一针也不能马虎。
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