This investment of energy before the deadline pays off immensely when the desiderata change in the eleventh hour, as they are all too prone to do. 要是需求在最后的时刻发生了变化,在这上面花点精力的就会显得太值了,事实上也往往如此。
Of course, the two have seldom been more closely linked, health, diet and safety having replaced faith, hope and charity as the desiderata of the virtuous life. 诚然,品行与身体状况两者基本没什么紧密联系。信仰、希望和慈善已经取代了健康、饮食和安全,成为高尚生活的急需品。
Of the desiderata on the American list, the most expendable were anti-ballistic missile defence and support for Kosovo independence. 在美国迫切需要得到的东西中,最可以牺牲的就是反弹道导弹防御体系和对科索沃独立的支持。
The report on the hospital mentioned such desiderata as a supply of clean laundry. 报告中提到该医院需要乾净的洗换物品。