For a long time, I was setting goals that were like punishments: their only purpose was to serve as whips to get me to work.

在很长的一段时间里，我设立了一些看起来像是“惩罚”的目标：它们的目的仅仅是为了鞭策我不得不去工作。

youdao

He said new ones will take a long time to emerge, but that "the main reserve currency, the dollar, has failed to serve its purpose."

他提到新的储备货币的出现会需要一段时间，但是“美元作为主要的储备货币已经失去了它的作用。”

youdao

Well, I really don't intend to ask her for a long time cooperation, this is not necessary any more, and I have - resulting from my commitment to serve - a full plate of other todo's anyway.

奥，我真的不想请她长时间与我合作通灵，这已没有必要，从我个人服务的使命来讲，我还有许多其他的事情去做。

youdao

If the military had a troop shortage could shore up its numbers by allowing openly gay service members to serve, it would have done that a long time ago, too.

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