As we know, energy is the ability to do work.

如我们所知，能是作功的能力。

youdao

Note that "able" indicates ability to do work tasks both intellectually (training) and emotionally (personal maturity).

注意“能够”代表了智力(培养训练)和情绪(个人成熟度)上完成工作的能力。

youdao

A productivity bottleneck, by my definition (which is what matters, obviously) is anything that restricts your ability to do work efficiently.

按我的理解，瓶颈是任何限制你有效工作的东西。

youdao

Unsurprisingly, you've got the ability to do decent work in this class and most of you have the ability to do good work, and some of you have, a fair chunk of you have, the ability to do excellent work, though it may take some work on your part to get to that point.

不奇怪，你已经有能力去做极好的作业,并且大多人有能力做好作业，一些人有，是大部分人有，有能力去做极好的作业，尽管这需要花费一些功夫才能做到。

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Students have to want to be on the course they are studying and they need to have the ability to do the work.

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The key question for investors is whether Schering's handling of that trial was appropriate, and whether it reflects on the company's ability to do future work in developing drugs against heart disease.

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But Janis Adkins has the ability and desire to do useful work.

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