idle capacity

基本解释

Third, idle capacity - which in this industry largely means people - does NOT result in intolerable costs.
第三閑置的産能，在保險業來說主要是在於人力，這部份竝不會造成太大的負擔。
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.
我們需要做的是，迫切喚醒早已麻木的神經，拂拭那矇塵已久的怠容。
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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.
機器能力限制要求在任何時間至多加工一個工件，且在工件加工之間無空閑時間。

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