Studies show that hospital doctors resist washing their hands, and gimlet-eyed researchers report that only about 15 percent of people in public restrooms wash their hands properly.

研究表明，医院中的医生抵制洗手。眼光敏锐的研究人员报道说，在公共休息室，只有15%的人们正常地洗手。

Since its failure, lenders have adopted a gimlet-eyed approach to everyone, making it hard for key companies to perform basic transactions, and thereby exacerbating the market panic.

雷曼倒下之后，贷款者对一切都小心谨慎，使得一些关键的公司无法进行基本交易，这加剧了市场恐慌。

Have you read the whole book? "she asks, gimlet -eyed."

“整本书你都读完了吗？”她目光敏锐地问道。

Up to half of these gimlet-eyed workers will have given their services free.

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Collectors did not need to be so gimlet-eyed in the 19th century.

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