Indeed, the very notion of productivity is a by-product of the clock: once one can relate performance to uniform time units, work is never the same.
事实上，生产力的概念本身就是时钟的副产品：一旦工作表现与统一的时间单位可以联系起来，工作就永远都不一样了。
The notion of space tourism took hold in 2001 with a $20 million flight aboard a Russian spacecraft by Dennis Tito, a millionaire engineer with an adventurous streak.
2001年，丹尼斯·蒂托——一位富有冒险精神的百万富翁工程师——耗资2000万美元乘坐一艘俄罗斯宇宙飞船，自此太空旅游的概念深入人心。
Having one's own bedroom even as an infant, fixes in a person the notion that she is entitled to a place of her own where she can be by herself, and keep her possessions.
（美国人）甚至在婴儿时期就拥有自己的卧室，这会使人产生这样一种观念：她有权拥有一个属于她自己的地方，在那里她可以独处、可以保存她的物品。
At first I scoffed at the notion.
刚开始时我对那种想法嗤之以鼻。
We each have a notion of just what kind of person we'd like to be.
我们每个人都对自己要做个什么样的人有各自的想法。
Woody's evidence challenges the notion that the Revolution changed attitudes regarding female education, although it may have accelerated earlier trends.
伍迪的证据对“革命改变了人们对女性教育的态度”这一说法提出了质疑，尽管它可能加速了先前的趋势。
For many years it was assumed that lateralisation was a uniquely human trait, but this notion rapidly fell apart as researchers started uncovering evidence of lateralisation in all sorts of animals.
多年来，人们一直认为偏侧现象是人类独有的特征，但随着研究人员开始在各种动物身上发现偏侧现象的证据，这一观点很快就站不住脚了。
Tim Joseph was fascinated by the notion that sunlight brings energy and wealth to mankind.
蒂姆·约瑟夫对阳光能给人类带来能源和财富的观点非常着迷。
Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.
要有优秀的研究才能使人相信在这一重大领域能取得真正的进步。
Finally, she addresses self-respect and the notion that a person's sense of beauty must include more than how much a person weighs.
最后，她说到了自我尊重，并强调一个人的美感远不止由其体重决定。
That may sound simple, but as Prof. Gray says, "When I travel somewhere I like this notion that when I finish my journey I feel better than when I started it."
这听起来可能很简单，但正如格雷教授所说：“当我去某个地方旅行时，我喜欢这样的想法，即当我结束旅行时，我的感觉比开始旅行时要好。”
Sherwin's recent experiments with domestic hens do not support the notion that avian social learning necessarily facilitates aversion to novel foods that are noxious or toxic.
Sherwin最近对家养母鸡的实验并不支持这样一种观点，即鸟类的社会学习必然会促使它们对有害或有毒的新食物产生反感。
That notion seems increasingly hopeful.
这种想法似乎愈发显得乐观了。
HOW could anybody dislike the notion of fairness?
怎么可能有人不喜欢公平的概念呢？
This notion, in fact, makes excellent biological sense.
这种见解，实际上，从生物学上来讲是非常有道理的。
III. Present a successful Expo to realize the Expo notion.
办好世博会，实现世博理念。
These findings support the notion that money isn't everything.
这些发现支持了所谓金钱不是万能的说法。
You can rest assured that Web services are not just a vague notion.
您可以放心，Web服务并不是一个含糊的概念。
You shrug off the notion that your work leaves an artistic legacy.
你不屑于认为你的作品会为后人留下一笔艺术财富。
Examples like this belie the notion that bacteria are simple, silent loners.
类似的例子打破了细菌是简单、寂静的独行者的观念。
At the time, even his closest advisers dismissed the notion as far-fetched.
当时，即使是他最亲信的顾问也认为这一想法太不切实际。
But the notion that all emerging-market shares are risky is looking out of date.
但是，那种所有新兴市场的股票都有很大风险的说法已经过时了。
The notion is, you do the work first, then let the client decide how much to pay for it.
这个理念是这样的：首先你要完成工作，然后让客户来决定支付多少钱给你。
Emboldened by the soda game's success, I looked for other ways to apply the same notion.
受“汽水游戏”的成功所激励，我试图寻找其他方法来传递同样的观念。
When you leave, Africa will no longer be an abstract notion or fleeting images on your TV.
当你离开的时候，非洲就不再是一个抽象的概念，或是电视中飞逝而过的镜头。
It's not a new notion, but rarely has it been expressed so clearly and with such good humour.
这算不上是什么新观念，只是这种观念从未以如此清楚、幽默的方式阐述。
Back in the 1970s, the notion that computers might soon become ubiquitous seemed fanciful.
追溯到1970年代，认为电脑将很快得到普及的想法还显得很不实际。
Back in the 1970s, the notion that computers might soon become ubiquitous seemed fanciful.
追溯到1970年代，认为电脑将很快得到普及的想法还显得很不实际。
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