As recent graduates can testify, the job market isn't kind to candidates who can't demonstrate genuine competence, along with a well-cultivated willingness to work hard.

最近的毕业生可以证明，求职市场对不能表现出真正能力以及良好的努力工作意愿的求职者并不友好。

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He had a hard professional competence and an encyclopedic knowledge of his adopted country, an in-depth learning uncorrupted by vague idealism.

他有着扎实的专业功底和对他所选择的国家的广博的了解，一场不为模糊的理想主义所腐蚀的深入学习。

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Hard times haven't nicked, dented or damaged this country's creative core competence. To the contrary, they've made more people more interested in being more creative.

那些艰难的时刻并没有创伤，削弱或破坏这个国家的核心创造力，却使更多人对更富创造性更感兴趣。

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Most observers agree that the new appointees owe their seats to professional competence and hard work, not political connections.

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In assessing the value of a senior health-service manager or council chief, for example, the line between core competence and bonus-worthy brilliance might be hard to define.

ECONOMIST: Public-sector pay

Exceptional achievers always experience low levels of confidence and self-confidence, but they train hard and practice continually until they reach an acceptable level of competence.

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