Make the date close enough to take seriously, yet far enough away to allow preparation time.

选择一个可以使你认真对待的足够近的日期，但是也不能太远，以免没有足够多的戒烟准备时间。

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Aerial images provide vital information to Bank Haiti assessment team, cut preparation time from weeks to 36 hours.

航拍图像可为世行海地地震损失评估工作组提供重要信息，使得准备时间从数周缩短为36小时。

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The entire process usually takes less than 2 hours, including preparation time, care right after the surgery, and paperwork.

若将术前准备、术后处理以及填写书面文件的时间包括在内，整个手术过程也只需要不到2小时的时间就能完成。

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We hear in the 1637 Lycidas those same cries of unripeness and under-preparation that we had heard in the 1631 sonnet, "How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth."

我们在1637年的里听到过,与1631年的十四行诗相同的不成熟和未完成的呼喊，“时光如此飞快，如同偷走青春的窃贼“

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That must be the time you spend in preparation in studying.

那肯定是你们应该,花费来准备学习的时间。

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With little preparation time, Gatland remains hopeful that his Lions side will be "incredibly positive" in their play.

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"I've had good preparation time here - the last two games I've spent time in the middle, " said.

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He also must shorten patients' preparation time from months to just a few days to attack the disease sooner.

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