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例句
1.It's going to take a lot of patience to work with Iran.
與伊朗打交道需要很多耐心。
2、That could take a lot of work, depending on the number of actions needed in your tests and the different types of components involved.
根據測試所需的動作數量和相關組件的不同類型，這需要大量工作。