As with Sisyphus, the boulder was painstakingly rolled upwards only to tumble back down again in an absurd exercise of futility.

和西西弗斯一样，巨石费力地向上滚动，结果又滚了下来，徒劳无功。

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For those of you who may not remember, Sisyphus, of Greek mythology, was the guy condemned to push a boulder up a hill, watch it roll back down, and repeat this for all eternity.

有些人可能不记得希腊神话里西西弗这个人了。他将一块巨石推上山顶，看着它从山顶滚下来，然后一生重复做这件事。

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But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks.

但西西弗斯教会我们以更高的忠诚否定诸神，举起重石。

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Moreover, researchers had to demonstrate the perseverance of Sisyphus to get the pricing information, something it seems highly unlikely very many real-life consumers could pull off successfully.

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In addition, it sets you up for a career in either clinical work abroad, which is rewarding but is similar to residency in the fact that you work like Sisyphus in broken systems, when its really the system that needs fixing.

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It's like Sisyphus rolling the ball up the hill, a thirst that can't be quenched.

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