idle capacity

基本解释

Third, idle capacity - which in this industry largely means people - does NOT result in intolerable costs.
第三闲置的产能，在保险业来说主要是在于人力，这部份并不会造成太大的负担。
We need to do is, there is an urgent wake-up already numb the nerves, wipe off the dust of the idle capacity has been a long time.
我们需要做的是，迫切唤醒早已麻木的神经，拂拭那蒙尘已久的怠容。
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Machine capacity constraints require that, at most one job be processed. Also, no machine idle-time between processing jobs is allowed.
机器能力限制要求在任何时间至多加工一个工件，且在工件加工之间无空闲时间。

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