通常这意味着人们总是告诉他一切都运行得不错，而这不但没有什么用处，而且还不能反映事实。

Usually this means suggesting that all is just dandy the way it is. This is not only unhelpful but, he thinks, untrue.

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结果，申请者不但人数增加了48%，而且那些没有SAT或ACT成绩的申请人(被录取后在学校里)的学习成绩都很不错。

Instead, applications are up 48 percent, and the grades of students who arrived without the SAT or ACT are fine.

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应该避免在项目工作会议上依次询问项目成员工作进展状况，这样的会议不但没有丝毫价值，而且纯粹是在浪费时间。

These meetings have little value and waste time.

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