The management of many new colleges was less than satisfactory.

很多新建院校的管理不尽人意。

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His performance this month has been less than satisfactory.

他这个月的业绩不是很令人称心。

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This is less than satisfactory from any perspective, and from a market perspective it makes no sense at all.

从任何角度来看，这一点都不尽人意；从市场角度而言，这种做法则毫无意义。

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Many of you will start out doing satisfactory work or, truth be told, less than satisfactory work.

很多人刚开始时只能说令人满意，或者，说实话，甚至不太令人满意。

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Mercedes drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg also endured a less than satisfactory qualifying session, with Rosberg qualifying in 13th and Schumacher, a seven-time world champion, only managing 17th.

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But sometimes the answers and the words we use to phrase them with are less than satisfactory and in many cases hurt your business more than you initially think they will.

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Moscow has signalled to at least one Eastern European country that a steady energy supply from the Soviet Union could be jeopardized if cooperation on other fronts was less than satisfactory.

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