We hoped to keep the young scientists with us, but could see that they were straining at the leash to move to better jobs.

我们原来想让这些年轻的科学家留下来，但发现他们都竭力想换一个更好的工作。

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Nowadays, when people say a car is a necessity, they are really saying that our society has been straining to make it a necessity.

今天，当人们说汽车是必需品时，他们实际上是在说我们的社会正竭力使汽车成为必需品。

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We hoped to keep these young scientists with us, but could see that they were straining at the leash to move to better jobs.

我们希望把这些年轻的科学家留在我们这里，但是我们可以看出他们正急于另谋更好的职业。

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Like other researchers, they sought to distil the impact of financial openness by straining out the influence of other factors that might lift growth such as financial depth, institutional strength and macroeconomic stability.

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