The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more.

这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。

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Indeed, the very notion of productivity is a by-product of the clock: once one can relate performance to uniform time units, work is never the same.

事实上，生产力的概念本身就是时钟的副产品：一旦工作表现与统一的时间单位可以联系起来，工作就永远都不一样了。

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The factory clock became the symbol of the new work rules.

工厂的钟成了新工作规则的象征。

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The workers would come into this store at seven oclock in the morning and work until twelve oclock at night.

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In spite of round-the-clock work, progress on boring a huge tunnel into the earth was not up to mark.

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