The total amount of the work that we can get out is just given by the area inside this curve.

我们可以得出来的工作的总量只是由这条曲线里的区域给出的。

youdao

To that end large economies need to work out a plan in which China is given a reasonable amount of time to make what will inevitably be a difficult transition.

为此，大型经济体需要制定一个计划，让中国有足够多的时间实现转型，这不可避免将是一场艰难的转型。

youdao

the total amount of the work that we can get out is just given by the area inside this curve.

能够输出的功就是,我们可以得出来,曲线所包围的面积。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

As we curious shaved apes play around with stuff and work out new methods of doing things we reduce the amount of labour necessary to provide any given level of production.

FORBES: World Happiness Report: Even Jeff Sachs and Richard Layard Don't Really Believe It