It would be a pity to retard our development by holding back those people who are gifted enough to work and play well with less than the average amount of sleep, if indeed it does them no harm.

限制那些有足够天赋、即使睡眠少于平均值却能很好地工作和娱乐的人会阻碍我们的发展，这将是一件憾事，如果这确实对他们没有害处的话。

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Others are spraying them with a chemical to retard growth.

另一些人则往树上喷洒化学药剂以延缓树的生长。

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They also used it for sunburns and to retard the aging process.

他们还用它来防治日光灼伤，以及延缓衰老过程。

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But she says important steps were taken that,she believes, will ultimately result in an agreement to stop or retard climate change.

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He painted the walls with a mixture of lime to retard crumbling and hung muslin on the ceiling to catch falling dirt, just as the settlers did.

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"They are trying to use an existing monopoly to retard introduction of new technology, " says Gary Reback, the Silicon Valley antitrust lawyer representing Netscape and other Microsoft competitors.

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The result of Mr. Clinton's constant interventions -- which unfairly raise hopes and tacitly excuse the very violence he claims to abhor -- has probably been to retard that day.

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