Looking for the right electric knife or other new gadget and getting it ready for use often take more time than doing the job by hand.

寻找合适的电动刀具或者其他新型工具并且安装调试好这些工具花费的时间比手工干活所花费的时间还要多。

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Experts believe one of the main reasons is the growing popularity of ready meals, pre-cut pizzas, chips, burgers and pasta — all of which can easily be eaten without a knife.

专家相信，其中主要原因之一是日益普及的即食餐——预先切好的比萨饼、薯条、汉堡包、意大利面条，即便没有餐刀人们同样能够方便地享用这些食物。

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There was a knife in his hand. Logan could see that Grant was ready.

洛根看到格兰特已经做好了准备。

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Now she walked more deliberately, but with a bone-handled carving knife ready in her pocket.

ECONOMIST: Dame Beryl Bainbridge, novelist, died on July 2nd, aged 77