In some departments there is too much make-work.

有些部门的无聊琐事太多。

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These are simply make-work schemes for accountants.

这些方案只不过是让会计师继续忙碌而已。

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We are usually tired already by the time we get on a plane, and the crowded space and unstable internet connection make work more challenging.

当我们上飞机的时候，通常已经很累了，而拥挤的空间和不稳定的网络使工作更具挑战性。

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Harry Covert says the key to re-building the school, and all of Haiti,is to make sure the work is done right.

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Goldsmiths are people who work in gold; they make jewelry and gold -goldware and whatever -coffee urns.

金匠就是处理金子的人,他们制作珠宝和黄金,金器之类的东西,还有咖啡壶

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Some of the important figures-- there had to be certain inventions to make it work.

一些重要人物以及,重要的创新推动了保险的发展

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Enormous conviction is needed to resist this wasteful dissipation of energy into make-work techno-management.

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The proposals in this bill are not just random investments to create make-work jobs.

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Similarly, the combination of job-search advice, government-run make-work schemes and in-work tax breaks is expensive.

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