The experimental mice did not eat the full amount presented to them yet their energy expenditure remained at a normal level.

实验组小鼠没有吃光提供给它们的全部食物，但它们的能量消耗仍处于正常水平。

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Its expenditure in normal times would be a modest 12m Israeli shekels ($2.8m) per year, divided about equally between pay for 180 employees and services such as rubbish collection.

正常时期的开销适度，每年有一千二百万以色列锡克尔（280万美元），这笔钱一分为二，其一付给180名雇员，其二用于诸如垃圾收集的服务工作，两者几乎持平。

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For example, point a in Figure 5.1 suggests a higher expenditure than is normal for the completion proportion. This point represents 40% of work completed with an expenditure of 60% of the budget.

例如，图5.1中的a点表现在对应的完工百分比上其成本却有所超支，即在该点劳动量完成了40%，但成本支出却占到了预算成本的60%。

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