Her colleagues at the restaurant, sadly, are not. They're too busy being young, fun, and too coked-up to tie their shoelaces, let alone do something interesting in the long-term.

遗憾的是她的餐厅里的同事们没有，他们忙着年轻忙着玩闹，涣散地连鞋带也不系，更别提那些用长远的眼光来看有趣的事情。

Fear is often what'll keep us from getting something done, let alone something great.

恐惧往往使我们不能把事情做好，更遑论把事情做卓越。

Obviously, you cannot deploy something, let alone design it, unless you define it properly.

显然，如果不能正确地定义一个概念，就不可能设计和部署它。

And if something can't be measured, it's hard even to argue about, let alone agree on.

而且如果某些事情不能被计量，能否进行争论都很难，更何况取得一致意见。

That's something we humans have trouble enough with, let alone a single-celled organism without a neuron to call its own.

这对我们人类是够麻烦的，让一个没有神经的单细胞生物拥有自己的意愿。

Autism is something that is misunderstood under the best of circumstances, let alone a war zone.

自闭症在环境处在最好的情况下都常被误解，更别说是在战乱地区了。

So. How do we end up spending money when we don't really want something, let alone need it?

因此，我们是怎么在一些实际上不想要，更别说需要的时候花钱的？

Even death can make people suffocated, let alone something more terrifying.

死亡都可以让人觉得窒息，更何况那些更恐怖的。

Me-time is something that many people just don't do anymore let alone make time for;

许多人早就不再拥有自己的专属时间，更别提抽时间出来了；

Happiness is like something priceless. You will never ever be able to afford it, let alone being in possession of it permanently.

幸福，也像一件无价之宝，没有任何人能够买得起，更不用说永久的拥有它。