Being deskbound and bored at work is fuelling obesity as employees reach for unhealthy snacks to pass the day, according to a recent survey, the Daily Mail reported.

据英国《每日邮报》报道，最新调查显示，办公室一族如果无聊，就会用不健康的零食来打发一天，这让他们迅速发胖。 。

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He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else, not even to pass the time of day.

他总是不友好。他从不和我说话，也不和别人说话，那怕是为了打发时光。

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Instead of running all your automated unit tests every day, only run the ones that need to pass for this particular delivery or iteration.

不必每天运行所有自动化的单元测试，而只运行此特定交付或迭代需要通过的测试。

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But the political class today, typified by Stephen Harper, seems to operate under the delusion that culture is just entertainment, something to pass the time after the day's work is done.

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