The notoriously poor quality of some school toilet paper has long been the butt of many jokes, but the move angered parents.

虽然有些学校提供的卫生纸质量出了名的差，长期以来一直遭人耻笑，但要求学生自带手纸的做法还是让家长们很生气。

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I've been waiting for this day for so long. I've worked my butt off in med school.

我等待这一天已经太久了。

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Butt a candidate's first impression begins long before the interview. It starts with cover letter and CV or resume, which often are far from blemish-free.

事实上，应聘者的第一印象早在面试前就形成了。一封封求职信、一份简历都会是敲门砖，而这往往又是错漏百出的环节。

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Even media studies, long the butt of every joke about useless academic qualifications, has smartened up its act.

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New York's victory was a huge boon for the franchise, which had long been the butt of jokes after a dismal decade of basketball in the nation's largest market.

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Charles Royce , for instance, was not long ago the butt of jokes, with his old-fashioned bow tie and his old-fashioned focus on solid companies with good track records (FORBES, Apr. 29).

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