现代计算机硬件速度的惊人增长已经被开发人员一层接着一层的过度（overelaborate）抽象所中和。
Software developers have neutralized the astounding performance of modern computer hardware by adding layer upon layer of overelaborate [software] abstractions.
所有这些抽象都是以复杂性为代价的，如果抽象过度，可能会彻底地弄巧成拙。
All of this abstraction comes at a cost of complexity, and if abstraction is taken far enough, it can get downright ugly.
避免过度使用抽象的，多音节的词。相反地，要用具体的语言来激发听众们的想象。
Avoid overuse of abstract, polysyllabic words. Instead, use concrete language that your audience can visualize.
如果抽象过度，把主要特性抽象掉了，那就根本谈不上研究对象的规律，这样的理想模型也就是毫无价值了。
If in the process, we abstract the object excessively to such an extent as to throw away the main qualities, there is no way of investigating the laws of the object. Such an ideal model is worthless.
对大多数生活在发达国家的人来说，我经常感到，人类过度使用地球资源的后果过于抽象，难以作出改变的动力。
The consequences of overusing the planet's resources are often too abstract to generate momentum for change in the majority of people living in the developed world.
对大多数生活在发达国家的人来说，我经常感到，人类过度使用地球资源的后果过于抽象，难以作出改变的动力。
The consequences of overusing the planet's resources are often too abstract to generate momentum for change in the majority of people living in the developed world.
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