Some water experts are now demanding that existing infrastructure be used in smarter ways rather than building new facilities, which is increasingly considered the option of last, not first, resort.

一些水资源专家现在在要求要更明智地使用现有的基础设施，而不是建造新的设施，它逐渐被认为是最后而不是第一选择。

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Once known, it spread rapidly, driving out water clocks but not solar dials, which were needed to check the new machines against the timekeeper of last resort.

一旦被人所知，它就迅速传播开来，替代了水钟，但却没有替代日晷，日晷被用来将新机器与原来的计时方法进行对照检查。

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It's easy, it's comfortable, but in general it should be the last resort, not the first.

依靠直觉作决策既简单又舒服，但是通常这应该作为最后一招，而不是第一招。

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The concept of limited liability, whereby the shareholders are not liable, in the last resort, for the debts of their company, can be traced back to the Romans.

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And, according to Professor Hyman, this also weakened the power of local union activists like shop stewards, and unions adopted a more "strategic" use of power, where strike were the last resort, not the first course of action.

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Moreover, they are disappointed that the government will not be insurer of last resort of the protection fund.

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