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But the money markets are so dysfunctional that the benefits of a lower fed funds rate might be lost on most borrowers.
但是货币市场是如此的功能紊乱，以至于对于大多数借款者来说，一个较低的联邦基金利率带来的好处会丢失。
Plus, the old-fashioned technique added character—a touch that pleased me, though it would probably be lost on the kids.
另外，虽然体验这项古老的技术多少让我有些兴奋，但是它很可能在我的孩子们身上失传。
The first and last points seem to be lost on some project managers: The way that you deploy code can and does change the way that you develop it.
第一点和最后一点似乎被一些项目经理遗忘了：部署代码的方式能够也确实会改变你开发代码的方式。

A U.S.Senate committee held a hearing Wednesday on the planned cuts and the tens of thousands of jobs that could be lost.
In Crane, the emphasis is not on what is lost in modernity but what is found or what might be.
在克莱恩看来，重点不是现代性丧失了什么,而在于新的发现或可能性。
耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选
They're invariably cited as among the most beautiful and exquisite lines in Paradise Lost but on some level they've proven the bane of scholars because they can't be squared with any of the poem's theological message.
它们被单调地引证为,中最美最细致的诗句,但在某些层面他们证明了学者的祸害,因为它们并不能与诗歌所传达的神学信息相一致。
耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The cost of their current policies cannot be lost on the youth and educated people of the country.
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