He says the contract ultimately faded away, 'and that points to its success. Though not all the bad behavior was corrected, it improved so much we no longer needed the contract.'
他说,最终双方会慢慢忘记合同的存在,而这正是成功的体现,虽然孩子的坏行为不可能完全得到纠正,但会有所改善,使双方不再需要合同的约束。
It closed, but it sold much of its stock to the laboratory it supplied so that it could breed the animals needed in-house.
该狗场关闭了,但他把大部分的狗狗卖给了他们的实验室客户,这样,实验室就能自己饲养实验所需要的动物了。
Instead, its inventors hope it will provide much-needed storage capacity for electricity grids.
相反,它的发明者希望这将为电力电网提供急需的存储容量。
Proponents of the 2009 measure argued it would inject much-needed liquidity into the markets — a pitch that's lost its urgency as Banks have loosened up on lending.
那些支持2009年议案的人主张,这项议案会为美国市场注入急需的流动性——不过随着银行放松借贷,这个理由已经不太适用。
The U.S. is so devoted to its own version of the free market that Washington cannot build much-needed infrastructure because of a public aversion to state intervention.
而美国则对它自由市场的那一套笃信不疑。由于公众对国家干预的反感,以至于华盛顿连亟需的基础设施建设都无法进行。
But Mr Buffett has issued a much-needed vote of confidence in the firm and its embattled chief executive, Jeffrey Immelt.
然而巴菲特的入股已经给通用和其备受责难的首席执行官杰夫里·伊梅尔特投了一张急需的信任票。
They wouldn't worry too much about building a big base of depositors; in the financial markets it was easy to raise all the money a bank needed to finance its lending and other activities.
他们用不着挖空心思拉拢存款人;金融市场里轻而易举就能筹到银行所需的一切款项进行放贷和其他事宜。
After the budget passed, Congress went on its August recess and I was eager to take my family on vacation for two much-needed weeks on Martha's Vineyard.
预算案通过后,国会到了8月休会期,我则迫不急待地想要带家人到玛莎葡萄园去度假,两周的休息时间对我们来说是十分必要的。
However, if there has been too much stain on the surface, or the furniture has lost its shimmer altogether, re-wax is then needed.
但是,如果出现了太多的污点表面,或家具已经完全失去了它的光泽,就需要再次使用到蜡来处理了。
EXAMPLE: Our consulting firm needed new work to maintain its staff, so we lowballed our bid on a recent project to keep people working despite the fact that we did not make much profit.
我们的咨询公司为留住员工需要增加业务,所以为了使员工有活干,我们在最近的一个项目竞标中故意报低价格,而我们从中并没有很多利润。
I'm taking a much needed vacation so the project will more or less be on its own for the next week.
我正在放一个很有必要的假期,因此下周项目的运行将听天由命了。
Likewise, the amount of time needed for a solar panel to produce as much energy as was involved in its creation has fallen from about 20 years to two years or less.
而且补偿生产太阳能板过程中消耗的能量所需的时间从20年降到了2年甚至更短。
Its microprocessor "learns" how much control is needed for each fluid setting, and automatically adjusts to the ideal level, maximizing accuracy and allowing for minimal operator intervention.
它的微处理器可以自我学习对每种流体设定需要多少来尽兴控制,并且自动调整到一个最理想水平,最大精度,并需要最少的操作干预。
Might the Chinese upstart be getting some much needed know-how from the British brand that's known for its excellent chassis tuning? Seems likely.
或许这个中国汽车新贵非常需要从这个以底盘调校闻名的英国公司学得一些知识,似乎是这样。
Unveiled at the Dubai air show, it provides a much-needed boost for Boeing, which has been badly trailing Airbus – its arch rival – in the number of orders won this year.
这笔订单是在迪拜航空展上宣布的,为波音提供了亟需的提振,该公司今年以来的订单远远落后于其劲敌空中客车(Airbus)。
Unveiled at the Dubai air show, it provides a much-needed boost for Boeing, which has been badly trailing Airbus – its arch rival – in the number of orders won this year.
这笔订单是在迪拜航空展上宣布的,为波音提供了亟需的提振,该公司今年以来的订单远远落后于其劲敌空中客车(Airbus)。
应用推荐