Strike action should be regarded as a last resort , when all attempts to negotiate have failed.

罢工应该是最后一着，在所有的谈判努力都告失败时才使用。

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All attempts to deflect attention from his private life have failed.

本想转移人们对他私生活的注意，但一切努力都失败了。

《牛津词典》

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Some of your response papers that you'll hand in-- " none of them are graded; they are all just graded "pass/failed"-- you'll have to hand them in and then you'll pass.

一些你们要交上来的课后论文-,都不会被打分，都只会有“及格和不及格-,你们必须交论文，然后你们就及格了。

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