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paint the Forth Bridge 永无止尽的任务

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paint the Forth¹ Bridge 永无止尽的任务

原指苏格兰中部的福斯铁路大桥表面刷漆的浩大工程，据说等到把桥梁全部油漆一遍之后，前面的已经褪色，就又得开始重新油漆了，所以paint the Forth Bridge意为永无止境的或艰巨的任务。

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Keeping the county's roads in good shape is like painting the Forth Bridge because as soon as you've resurfaced a stretch of road, it begins to deteriorate² again due to the number of vehicles which travel along it.

维持国内公路的良好状态简直是做不完的工作，因为你刚刚把一段路面重新铺好，它就又开始因为每天在路上跑的大量车辆而磨损了。

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1 forth
adv.向前；向外，往外
参考例句：
The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。 He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 deteriorate
v.变坏；恶化；退化
参考例句：
Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？ He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

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