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This process is akin to piecing together a jigsaw puzzle.

这过程类似于拼七巧板。

Where once retirement was seen as a brief reward after a long struggle through some miserable job, it is now akin to being cast aside.

过去，在经历了一段痛苦的长期工作之后，退休曾被视为一种短暂的回报，但现在却有点像被抛弃了。

Where once retirement was seen as a brief reward after a long struggle through some miserable job, it is now akin to being cast aside.

在过去，退休被视为一份苦差事之后的短暂回报，而现在，退休就像是被抛弃了。

It is hard to believe that they are akin, and they are half brothers.

很难相信他们有血缘关系，是同父异母的兄弟。