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.

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你可以说：“我认为我们似乎正朝着第一季度的目标迈进。”

You can say something like, "I know we seem to be moving toward a first-quarter commitment here."

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但在两个星期一的时间里，我不仅迷上了编织，还迷上了钩针编织，我正朝着成为一名高产工匠的目标迈进。

But within two Mondays in the group, I was hooked, not only on knitting but also on crocheting, and I was on my way to becoming a highly productive crafter.

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