The tales illustrate the frustrations that many chemists feel for their fickle field, particularly when experiments fail to work or instead produce inconsistent results.

这些故事说明了许多化学家在其变化无常的领域所感受到的挫折，特别是在实验失败或产生不一致的结果的时候。

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Many people are working in this field... well, most of them will fail.

很多人都在这个领域奋斗……恩，大部分人都会失败。

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Of course, sales can be quite competitive and sometimes people in this field have a secret desire for others to fail.

当然，销售这个领域的竞争很激烈，有些同行暗地里希望别人失败。

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There is a real risk that the FDA could field a weak team and fail to settle the considerable public safety arguments about these drugs.

FORBES: Judgment Day For The FDA, Pfizer

Going wireless risked security and production troubles: People might toss them onto the field or the wireless signal might fail.

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But Mr Field predicted that the secretary of state's proposals would fail to deal with the current "crisis", for which both the current and predecessor governments were to blame.

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