The biggest irony is using the productivity system as an excuse to not do what they need to do.

最大的讽刺是使用效率系统，而不能做到物尽其用，反倒成了不做事情的理由。

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In the natural world, increased biodiversity is closely correlated with higher whole-system productivity.

在自然界，生物多样性的增加与整个系统更高的生产力密切相关。

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There is a myth among many productivity evangelists that productivity – or a productivity system – can lead to the meditative state likened to “mind like water.

在鼓吹效率的人中流传着一种神话，即效率或效率系统可通向一种类似于水若止水的禅思状态。

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And it diminishes the energy and productivity of the system.

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If the pressure eased, the Tories would struggle to get the promised extra productivity out of the system.

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The industrial giant says it uses the system to boost productivity in low-volume factories with a relatively small number of employees, each of whom can do several tasks.

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