这无疑是朝正确方向迈出的一步。

It was unquestionably a step in the right direction.

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这虽不能解决问题，却是朝正确方向迈出的一步。

This won't solve the problem but it's a step in the right direction.

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虽然这只是小小的改进，但至少是朝正确方向迈出的一步。

It's only a small improvement, but at least it's a step in the right direction.

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And we're going to have q2 prime, and we're going to draw the arrows in the positive direction in these cases.

还有q2一撇，在这个例子中,我们把箭头朝正方向。

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Then you guys know, you just told me, acceleration is -9.8, We call it "minus" because it's accelerating down and up was taken to be the positive direction.

然后你们都知道,你告诉我,加速度是-9.8,我们取负号是因为加速度方向朝下,而正方向为竖直向上

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By the way, I didn't tell you this but I think you know that I picked my origin to be here and measured y positively to be upwards and I called that 15 meters.

顺便说一下,虽然我没明确指出,但我想你们应该都知道,我把原点取在这里,并规定y的正方向朝上,我设把这里的高度为15米

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