令人惊讶的是，人们花了那么长的时间才把一个双赢的机会利用起来。

It is surprising that it has taken people so long to take advantage of what is a win-win opportunity.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

把时间看作是一种需要最大化利用的资源，意味着你功利性地对待它，认为任何特定的时刻都应该充分利用起来以使其朝着某一既定目标迈进。

Thinking of time as a resource to be maximized means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal.

youdao

如果你只有20分钟的时间，利用起来！

If you only have 20 minutes, take advantage of it!

youdao

For injustice is most dangerous when it is armed and man armed by nature with good sense and virtue may use them for entirely opposite ends.

因为非正义一旦被武装起来将最为危险,好人也可能利用,善心和美德而为非作歹

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And if you are just a tiny bit creative, then you can build off of that. And...

只要你有一点创造力你就可以利用起来。然后……

要成为建筑家 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

We don't have adequate reason to conclude that it's something that existed before I was put together, it's something that will be recycled and continue to exist after I fall apart, after my body decomposes, after I'm separated from my body, or what have you.

我们并没有充分的理由来断定,灵魂是在我被组装起来之前就存在了,它会被循环利用,并且在我解体后依然存在,我的身体分解了之后,在灵魂与肉体分离之后,或者其他说法

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