The consulting firm McKinsey &Co. encourages its consultants to build a "spike, " or perhaps it should be called a trough: a deep knowledge of a specific industry or practice.

麦肯锡公司鼓励自己的咨询顾问建立一根“鞋钉”，或者可以将其称之为水槽：对于某种特定行业或业务的深入的知识。

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And Catherine has a heart as deep as I have: the sea could be as readily contained in that horse-trough, as her whole affection be monopolized by him!

凯瑟琳有一颗和我一样深沉的心：她的整个情感被他所独占，就像把海水装在马槽里。

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Only the deep trough-like beams ending in gargoyles discharging rainwater into courtyard pools were of reinforced concrete.

整个建筑只有排雨水用的水槽滴水嘴是钢筋混凝土结构。

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Then you shift gears and blame the teachers unions for protecting bad teachers that ought to be fired and dig into the all-too-deep trough of anecdotal evidence to dredge up a few examples of really bad teachers that were hard to fire.

FORBES: A Response to Megan McArdle