This is dry work.

这是使人觉得口渴的工作。

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I always feel dry in this hot weather doing this dry work in the sun.

大热天，在太阳下干这种使人口干的活，我总觉得很渴。

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And although liberally sprinkled with statistics, "Triumph of the City" is no dry work.

尽管《城市的胜利》一书充满了数据，却一点都不枯燥。

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She says the only work needed once beets have been thinned is weeding and, when the weather is dry, a weekly watering.

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Second, funding must dry up for work in the discredited field for professors to stop engaging in it.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Terror training grounds

Forbes reports that estate planning attorneys have seen their work dry up in the wake of the December, 2010 estate tax relief legislation.

FORBES: Where Have All the Estate Planning Lawyers Gone?

Also, most investment analysts find public finance dry and uninteresting work.

FORBES: Don't Like Treasuries Right Now? Try Corporate Bonds