They were confined to low-earth orbit , where they did the unglamorous job of launching satellites or ferrying astronauts to the international space station .
他们仅限于在近地轨道运行,在那做着发射卫星或运送宇航员到国际空间站这样毫无任何浪漫色彩的工作。
The reason is often thought to be that this is shamefully unglamorous or just too sluggish . In fact , accountants may simply be keeping quiet about a boom .
Germany 's much-lauded mittelstand companies have succeeded through foresight and by specialising in the unglamorous business of making parts for complex final products .
德国备受称赞的中小型企业有先见之明,他们通过专门为复杂的最终产品制造零部件的单调生意而获得成功。
Lunch was a decidedly unglamorous affair .
午餐绝非令人想望的事情。
There is a strong case for investment in the unglamorous but vital water and sanitation sector .
有个案例有效地说明了这一点投资看似普通但却至关重要的水资源和卫生部门。
But unglamorous good news is worth reporting too , not least so that voters know which policies are working .
但是好消息也同样值得报一报,这样老百姓才能知道哪些政策在起作用。
But fundamentally , it performs an unglamorous function in a utilitarian way .
但是基本上,它还是功利性地扮演一个没有趣味的功能角色。
The sort of back-office work that capita specialises in is unglamorous .
capita专注的后勤类工作是默默无闻的。
The result : the new investor class is losing its appetite for risk and is parking its cash in unglamorous , low-yielding money-market funds and bank savings accounts .
结果,新的投资群体逐渐丧失了风险投资欲,把资金转向了毫无吸引力、收益率低的货币市场基金和银行储蓄。
So the world 's finest scientists and inventors have been applying their technological know-how to the unglamorous but important issue , and coming up with some ingenious solutions .