Yet the clip soon became an irritation, distracting the user and reducing productivity.

很快的，活页夹就开始让人们愤怒了，活页夹分散了用户的注意力并且降低了人们的工作效率。

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If no penalty is imposed on an employee for poor performance, other employees may react by reducing their productivity as well.

如果没有对表现不佳的员工进行处罚，其他员工可能也会降低他们的生产力。

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We will grow our economy by upgrading ourselves and raising productivity, reducing the need to import so many foreign workers.

放眼未来，我们应该强调自我提升和提高生产能力，以减少对外来工人的依赖。

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"Just helping women farmers have the same access to inputs and control of resources that male farmers have would really do a lot in terms of improving agriculture productivity, reducing hunger and malnutrition."

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If almost everyone is working, less skilled and motivated people also get jobs, reducing overall productivity.

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In the early stages, this means going after the lowest-enrollment classes, allowing a school district to offer programs without reducing overall productivity.

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If treated appropriately, we can save a significant amount of money and improve productivity by reducing the subsequent heart disease, kidney failure, strokes, blindness, and amputations.

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