Countries that need oil are clawing at each other to lock up scarce supplies, and are willing to deal with any government, no matter how unpleasant, to do it.

需要石油的国家正在互相撕咬以锁定稀缺的石油供应，并且，无论这种事会多么令人不愉快，它们都愿意与任何政府打交道。

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Give away any food you have on hand, or lock it up and give the key to the neighbours.

把你手头的食物分发送人，或锁藏起来，把钥匙交给邻居们。

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While spin locks are CPU-intensive and appear inefficient, they can be more efficient than suspending the thread and subsequently waking it up if the lock in question is held for a very short time.

虽然旋转锁是cpu密集型的，显得效率低下，但是如果争夺的锁被持有的时间非常短，那么旋转锁要比暂挂线程然后再唤醒它更有效率。

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The medical executive doesn't own a bicycle because it's a hassle to haul one downstairs, find a place to lock it up on the street and worry about it, he said.

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It becomes very hard to reverse this process and lock the metals up again, although it can be done.

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Keep it closed and the environmentalists will lock up everything.

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