Many hand-hygiene experts are down on hand dryers — chiefly because few people have the patience to dry completely and end up wiping their hands on their clothes.

很多手部卫生专家不建议使用干手器，主要是因为很少有人有耐性把手完全吹干，最后只是在衣服上擦擦了事。

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What's more, if federal and other funds for further construction dry up, California could end up with an expensive train to nowhere.

更悲剧的是，如果提供给线路建设的联邦基金或者其他的财政支持枯竭，那么加州将拥有一条昂贵却没有目的地的铁路。

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Nevertheless, analysts are cautious about calling a definite end to the industry's long dry spell.

不过，分析师们仍然谨慎，不会贸然宣告行业干旱期的结束。

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Just months after opening his first eatery in Europe, a branch of CUT, serving high-end dry aged prime beef, in the revamped and luxurious 45 Park Lane Hotel in London, he has made an even bigger impression in the City of Angels.

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Belgian socialist MEP Veronique de Keyser claimed that the region could dry up by the end of 2011.

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But the problem here is different: they usually last until March but this year are expected to dry up by the end of December.

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