Many people give up when they think they're not good at a particular job or task, assuming the exertion is fruitless.

许多人当认为他们并不擅长某个工作或任务时就会放弃，他们假定努力后也不会成功。

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Even on the way to death, she would not give up her task.

她就是在死亡的路途上也不中断她已经开始了的工作。

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One drawback is that the work does not stop them down, we must give up until the completion of the task, a bit workaholic.

缺点是一工作起来就停不不下来，一定要完成任务才罢休，有点工作狂。

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And as a new government, more representative government, emerges in Libya, ultimately this will be an very important corpus of assets to give the new Libyan leadership a leg up on its task forward.

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