While you may not share my love for the semi-dead, you might agree with this: most of us are surrounded by these mute, will-less, dumb, sometimes evil and dangerous brutes everyday.

尽管你也许并不像我这样喜欢半死不活的东西，但你或许会同意这一点：我们中绝大多数人每天都被这些缄默不语、缺乏主见、蠢不拉几，有时候甚至邪恶危险、残酷无情的活物围绕着。

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Haven't farsighted economists been telling us that in the future we will work less, not more?

有远见的经济学家们不是一直在告诉我们，将来我们会工作得更少而不是更多吗？

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The thicker the material, the less susceptible the garment will be to wet conditions.

布料越厚，衣服通常就越不容易浸湿。

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Of course I'd adore to see you, but I am a soul-less, will-less automaton.

NPR: Part One

Even without guarantees, public-sector banks will remain less profit-oriented, and thus likelier to accept low margins, than private-sector competitors.

ECONOMIST: German banks

The new pill will be cheaper--both because it will cost less than buying Zocor and Zetia separately and because patients will have only a single co-payment for the pill.

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