plod along

基本解释

They're happy plodding along slowly and creating this perception of a space race.
他们愉快地缓慢前行，形成太空竞赛的感观。
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What does good enough mean to you? Does it mean true contentment? Does it mean satisfying the dreams of your heart? Or does it mean plodding along?
对你来说什么是足够好？是真正的满足吗？是你心中梦想的实现吗？还是沉重的漫步？
It took me almost 10 years of plodding along at an 11-minute mile before I realized that I could call myself a runner, no matter how slow I go or how many races I lose.
我花了将近10年时间才做到在11分钟内跑完1英里，后来我才意识到，我可以称自己为一名奔跑者，无论我跑得多慢、无论我输掉了几场比赛。

Of course, it's in minor and the voices will come in, but the bass is going, sort of plodding along in a basic duple but with a triple subdivision underneath of that.
当然,它是小调的,人声将会进入,但低音是这样,按基本的二拍子缓慢地行进,但在那下面还用了一个三连音的节奏细分
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The U.S. economy is plodding along in its recovery from the recession that stretched from December 2007 to June 2009.
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The CEO is The Man, plodding along the expected routes, expecting the same of his subordinates, becoming the figurehead of corporate oppression.
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In any case, Syngenta says that it will combine its work with that of a public programme, the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project, which is plodding along to produce an even more accurate version of the sequence, and deposit the whole lot in GenBank by the end of next year.
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