There weren't anywhere near enough empty boxes.

根本没有足够的空盒子。

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What should we do with all these empty boxes?

这么多空箱子怎么处理？

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The warehouse was chiefly a repository for empty boxes.

这仓库主要是放空箱子的贮藏室。

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We dropped by the outfit's booth to take a peek, finding seemingly empty boxes in lieu of product.

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More than two thirds of stakeholder pension schemes remain "empty boxes" without a single contribution or scheme member.

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The paintings were for Kozlowski's Fifth Avenue apartment in Manhattan, but he shipped the art (or empty boxes) to Exeter, N.

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