Something is terrible about their relationship, job, or other situation, and they moan about it ceaselessly, but find some excuse to dismiss any solution that's proposed.

他们的关系、工作或其他情况很糟糕，并且他们对此不断抱怨，但却总找某个借口拒绝一切提出的解决方案。

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All of us have spent money and time on something—maybe a relationship, or a business, or a job—and sometimes, even if we know there's no hope that things will change, we still continue with it.

我们所有人都在某些事情上花费了金钱和时间——也许是一段关系、一笔生意，也许是一份工作——有时，即使我们知道事情没有希望改变，我们还是会继续做下去。

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Think of it as the personal trainer of emotions, motivating you to work harder for what you want -- be it a better job, stronger relationship, or smaller pants size.

把它看作是个人情绪的激励，激励你更加努力的工作为了你所想要的东西——更好的工作，更牢固的关系和更加苗条的腰。

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An ageing stock of homes, a growing proportion of elderly home-owners and job and relationship instability would lead to an increase in the number of people who found it hard to maintain their properties, it said.

BBC: Welsh houses are 'crumbling'

But if that happens at the cost of their job, relationship or home, it merely defers for a few months the problem of what to do when they come out, making it more likely they will return to crime for lack of alternatives.

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She was already having trouble raising two sons and had no job and no stable relationship.

CNN: Mothers who drag their daughters down