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| Processed by: | richwarm (2021-06-06 04:44:16 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 68674 - submitted by 'samsara' >> 我们正处于大重组最初的阵痛期。 We are in the initial throes of a major reorganization. ------------------------------------ Editor: I don't see any evidence for "menstrual cramps". 當然轉型必須會有一段時間的陣痛，但是希望陣痛很快過去。 Of course, transformation will entail a painful phase, but we hope that will quickly pass. 從被宰制到自主，則難免會產生混亂與陣痛，這時就要靠重新學習、重新適應、重新思考來轉換。 It would be hard to move from being controlled to self-determination without some pain and confusion. At this time, we must learn things anew, adapt and develop new ways of thinking. 多元入學仍在陣痛期， Multiple-track admissions may still be experiencing growing pains, 台灣人力的供需會產生很大的落差，「陣痛期」可能長達二十年。 Tien Chen-jung predicts that if the vocational education system does collapse, there will be a huge imbalance in the supply and demand of labor in Taiwan for perhaps as long as 20 years. 立委選戰已然落幕，二○○五年二月新國會開議後，循例總辭的內閣將由誰主導？政局是否會出現不穩定的陣痛期？ The curtain has come down on this election. After the new parliament takes office in February of 2005, the current cabinet will resign en masse as is custom. Who will lead the new cabinet? Will there be a painful period of political instability? 展望未來，改革的阻力仍大，在陣痛期中也不免有所跌撞折衝， The road to reform will have its obstacles, and there will be trying times ahead. 財務報告公布後的第3天，董事長李焜耀便以「KY」為名，發一封長信給員工，在信的結尾，李焜耀不斷激勵員工不要灰心，合併的陣痛期總會過去， On the third day after the financial results were announced, Chairman K.Y. Lee sent a long letter to employees, in which he urged them not to be discouraged, telling them that the painful period after the acquisition would eventually pass, 迄今，走過轉型陣痛期，茂迪的光芒就如廠房頂樓上那片亮閃閃的太陽能板一樣耀眼， Having endured a painful period of transition, Motech's reputation has grown immensely. 剛開始要邁向政治民主化艱苦陣痛期的台灣，保守反挫勢力兇猛且無情。 Taiwan underwent birthing pains as it moved toward democracy, and reactionary counterpressure was fierce and relentless. 母親們捱過最初的寂寞陣痛期後， once they accept that their children are grown and emerge from an initial period of loneliness, mothers usually recognize that their responsibilities are over and they can take joy in rekindling their interests, going back to work, joining clubs, making friends, even going back to school. 經過半年陣痛期，罵歸罵，我們只能要大家忍耐，因為這是對的事， During six months of grumbling and growing pains, we had to convince everyone to be patient because this was the right thing to do. |
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# 陣痛期 阵痛期 [zhen4 tong4 qi1] /menstrual cramps period/(fig.) throes/ # - 陣痛 阵痛 [zhen4 tong4] /labor pains/ + 陣痛 阵痛 [zhen4 tong4] /labor pains/(fig.) distress caused by a disruptive change/ + 陣痛期 阵痛期 [zhen4 tong4 qi1] /trying times/painful phase/ |