They have spent several six-month spells at sea, returning home for brief visits.

他们在海上游玩六个月，再回家短暂休整。 这样做已经有好几次了。

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They also attempt to compete with other males by poaching mates for brief affairs.

他们也试图通过“狩猎”艳遇伴侣来和其他男性一较短长。

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It loops until shut down, periodically showing and hiding itself for brief periods.

它循环运行，直到被关闭，它周期性地短暂显示和隐藏自己。

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The top of each wave was a hill, from which the men could see, for a brief period, a wide area of shining sea.

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But still, there is the chance for brief reactions and definitely a chance for questions.

尽管如此，任然有做简短回应的机会,而且肯定有提问的机会。

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Just contrast this for a brief moment to something like Selection Sort which from the get go had a ridiculous amount of redundancy comparing the same damn numbers again and again, and again.

这就与其他的排序算法形成了鲜明的对比,比如选择排序,它会一次又一次地做,多余的比较。

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