In other words, waiting for something and working hard to get it made it feel more valuable and more stimulating.

换句话说，对一样东西怀有期待并为了得到它而付出努力会让这个东西感觉更有价值，更刺激。

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"Where did you get that embroidery?"—"I made it myself."

“你从哪儿得到那件刺绣的？”“我自己做的。”

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The lack of childcare provisions made it difficult for single mothers to get jobs.

儿童保育服务的缺乏使得单身妈妈们很难找到工作。

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In the dozen years it has taken him to get the story made into a movie, the exploits of real scientists have come close to what his fictional characters attempt.

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Often it's a salt called phosphocholine and so you get a phospholipid that's made of choline and two lipid chains.

它通常是一种叫磷酸胆碱的盐,这样你就得到了一种,由胆碱和两条脂肪链构成的磷脂

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It revolutionized manufacturing, it revolutionized how quickly you could get to markets, and it made Chicago Chicago.

它还带来制造业的变革,让制造和市场迅速地联系起来,其典型代表是芝加哥的兴起

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Tax evasion remains a civil offence in Switzerland, despite Ms del Ponte's efforts to get it made a criminal one.

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Regardless of what many folks will think, "Beloved" is not an inarguable success simply because Winfrey managed to get it made.

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We fought to get it made.

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