If they are not properly allocated to their tasks, it could be that one group of resources are overworked, while another group is waiting for work.

如果没有正确分配任务，则可能会造成一组资源工作负荷太重，另一组却无事可做。

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You need to understand the time spent on a process, including the time the resources spend on their tasks, along with The Times associated with waiting for work.

您需要了解某个流程花费的时间，包括资源在执行任务上花费的时间，以及与等待工作相关的时间。

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There was a job of work waiting for him that he was not looking forward to.

有一件他不想干但又必须完成的工作在等待着他。

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Can I go home with him after school? Please,Mom? I get bored around here waiting for you after work."

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no notation, everybody sits there sort of mummified, waiting for this great work of art to come back to life.

没有乐谱,每个人跟木乃伊一样坐在那里,等待着伟大的作品再现人间

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They're not punished for just waiting around to be called to work.

而接受惩罚。

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Instead of idly waiting for work, the nearest available driver answers the app call.

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Rather, it is, what would they have done sitting around at home waiting for work versus what would they have done in the public sector?

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He would sit next to me as I chopped, eyes fixed firmly on the floor, waiting for my knife work to prove clumsy enough for a carrot or tomato to drop.

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