This is why repeated attempts at reform legislation have failed in recent years, leaving the Postal Service unable to pay its bills except by deferring vital modernization.

这也解释了为什么近来邮政署屡次试图改革立法，却都以失败而告终，使邮政署到了不延迟至关要的现代化进程就无法支付账单的地步。

Ignore what is unimportant and write in phrases, not complete sentences.

忽略不要的信息，用短语书写，而不是完整的句子。

It was a flower with three petals, a flower of no account at all.

那是一朵有着三枚花瓣的花，一朵根本不要的花。

But we've talked about her quite enough; she was an entirely unimportant person.

但是咱们谈论她已经够多的了，她实在是个一点也不要的角色。

Be careful not to give valuable space to insignificant achievements.

注意不要留宝贵的空间给不要的成就。

Order is zero tolerance on petty crime, for example.

命令对于哪怕不要的犯罪都不放过。

This may seem like a minor matter, but every year this problem costs the company more than a million dollars.

这听上去能是不要的小时，但是这个问题每给公司带来的损失达一百万美元。

This means that they strive to implement the golden rule whenever possible, as long as it doesn't clash with a more important concept.

这意味着，只要不与更要的概念发生冲突，他们就能地努力执行金规则。

The point is that it might be worthwhile to spend a bit more on the items you care about but look for ways to save on the things that are less important to you to keep you on budget.

点是那样或许很值得，在你视的物品上花多一点钱，但想办法在对你比较不要的东西上省钱来帮助你不超过预算。

The two least important factors were having one's achievements recognized, and rather surprisingly, earning a competitive salary.

最不要的两个因素是成就被认，以及非常令人吃惊的，收入有竞争力。

Then you can make them a cup of tea or not, but be aware that they might not drink it, and if they don’t drink it then – then and this is the important part – don’t make them drink it.

你大以给TA泡杯茶，但是TA也许不喝，如果TA不喝- 要的部分来了- 不要强迫TA喝。

It's so powerful, because what it does is it doesn't really matter what he's saying, because his...his voice tells you what you should be feeling about what he's saying. The words become irrelevant.

他的演讲很有影响力，因为他做到了让人觉得他究竟说的什么其实并不要，因为他的声音告诉你，你应该从他的演讲中感受到什么。而语言已无关紧要。

For example, English is a stress-timed language, which means that the rhythm is based on the important words and all the unimportant words are just jammed in between the beats.

英语是一种强调音节奏的语言，这表示节奏基于要的词语，所有不要的词语都挤在拍之间。

The advice the author gives is to do things that are not urgent, but they have to be important as soon as possible.

作者的建议是去做不紧急但是十分要的事。

But as you know, Americans like to reduce less important words in a sentence to make the important words stand out more and these are three words that can be reduced.

如你所知，美国人喜欢省略一句话中不太要的词使要的词更加突出这些是以减少的三个词。

I do consider it brilliant of Iger, that in an age where networks are not important, and you're going to have to go direct to consumer that you've got to have a critical mass of the greatest content.

我真的认为伊格尔非常出色，在网络还不要的时代里，必须直接面对消费者，一定要拥有关键大量的顶尖创意内容。

There is mention of some military expeditions, but we don't know any specific details.

文献中提到了一些军事远征，但我们不知道任何要的细节。

It measures things that do not matter and misses things that do.

它衡量的是一些不要的事情，却忽略了要的方面。

Unfortunately, you can't always consciously decide what's important and what's not, which is why it can be hard to remember all the details from that history chapter you just read.

不幸的是，你不能总是有意识地决定什么是要的，什么是不要的，这就是你很难记住你刚刚读过的史章节的所有细节的原因。

Totally important is another way to say, “you're unimportant.”

十分有地位是“你不要。”的另一种说法。