Avoid rambling, which may lead to awkward and unproductive pauses.

避免闲聊，以防会有尴尬的浪费时间的停顿。

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It belongs to the purchasing expenditure and unproductive expenditure.

属于购买性支出和非生产性支出。

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I really hate meetings, but only those, which are unfocused and unproductive.

我真的很讨厌会议，但只讨厌那些没有重点和没有收益的会议。

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He serves as something like a complicated double for the young, unpublished, and as of yet unproductive poet himself.

他就像一个复杂的替身，是那些年轻的，还没出版诗歌或是不多产的诗人自己的替身。

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The important distinction is not between manufacturing and services, but between productive and unproductive jobs.

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Relations between the Obama administration and large segments of the business community have been strained and unproductive.

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The offense grew stagnant and unproductive, going 4:40 without a point in the latter stages of the period.

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