Don't think that you can make things difficult by not doing the job.

这件事你拿不住人。

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It might not have become an addiction, but if you feel that you lose something by not doing it, you will most likely continue doing it.

它可能还没有变成一个让人上瘾的东西，但是如果你认为你因为没做任何事而失去了一些东西，你最大的可能就是继续去做这件事。

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He only helps others when he has something to lose by not doing so, making Mad Max one of the most beloved anti-heroes of all time.

他只有在会失去某些东西的情况下才会去帮助别人。这一直是疯狂的麦克斯中最受喜爱的一个角色。

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Some also worry that officers could be sued under the law by people who accuse them of not doing enough enforcement.

VOA: special.2010.07.03

Not by how the markets are doing, but by how the American people are doing,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

That is not right and that was because we were subsidising the rents by not doing the maintenance.

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Les figured out how to prosper by not doing business the way everyone else did.

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If many Latin American companies are inefficient, it is partly because governments have allowed them to be so by not doing enough to stimulate competition.

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