That lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge, and the lack of knowledge is difficult if not impossible to compensate for later on.
好奇心的缺乏导致了相应知识不足，而知识的缺乏即便可以弥补，但真正做到也是很难的。
Sometimes that standard is quite difficult, if not impossible, to achieve.
有时那个标准，即使并非不可能，也是很难达到的。
The reality of course is that tuning the network to simultaneously handle these drastically different classes of data is extremely difficult, if not impossible.
当然，事实在于，优化网络以同时处理这些显著不同的数据分类即便可能，也是极其困难的。
It is very difficult to awaken a person in deep sleep, and children in this state may be nearly impossible to wake up.
处在深睡眠状态的人极难被唤醒，如果是儿童进入这种状态，唤醒他们几乎是不可能的任务。
Being asked to respond quickly in the midst of all this other processing is difficult, sometimes impossible.
在这个过程中我很难能反应迅速，甚至有时是根本不可能反应迅速。
This means it is difficult or impossible to predict where a connection will be made, as the target of the connection depends on the exact ordering of all the connection requests in a given server.
这意味着，很难或不可能预测在什么地方建立连接，因为连接的目标取决于给定服务器中所有连接请求的准确顺序。
Comparing and reasoning between these two types of estimates is very difficult to do—perhaps impossible.
比较解释这两种估算是非常困难的——也许是不可能的。
The hard part is that the system call may be difficult or impossible to implement reasonably.
困难之处在于可能难以或者不可能较好地实现系统调用。
When using a "live" CD, it is at best difficult — and at worst, impossible — to install your own applications, or to customize existing applications.
当使用“活动的”CD时，要安装自己的应用程序或定制现有应用程序会非常困难，甚至不可能。
This is a sad and difficult — but not necessarily impossible — problem to overcome.
这个问题很令人沮丧，而且解决起来也很困难，但未必不可能。
Trying to apply new methods to projects that have established deadlines is difficult, and often impossible.
在确定了最终期限的项目中运用新的方法是相当困难的，通常是不可能的。
"What Bill has done is somewhere between what we thought was difficult and impossible," said Mr. Libby, a consultant to the Archangel project.
利比先生担任着天使长项目的顾问，他说：“比尔做的事情不说是不可能吧也是非常困难。”
First, it is difficult, if not impossible, to prove feelings of love in another individual, even a human.
首先，如果不是没办法，那就是很难去证明另外一个个体——即便是另一个人的爱情感受。
Failure to consider security can lead to ill-considered decisions from which there is no turning back; retrofitting security after the fact can vary from difficult to nearly impossible.
不考虑安全性会导致作出错误的决策，从而造成不可挽回的损失；错误决策后再加强安全措施会变得非常困难甚至不可能。
In this case, it is also difficult to analyze the error because the window's contents would be refreshed every second, making the scrolling impossible.
在这种情况下，由于每秒钟都会刷新窗口的内容，导致无法使用滚动，因此也难以对错误进行分析。
As a result, it is difficult or impossible to have both queue managers online at the same time, which affects scheduling and execution of the migration tasks.
结果，要让两个队列管理器同时在线将非常困难或根本不可能，从而影响迁移任务的计划和执行。
There is usually considerable value in documenting the architecture — otherwise it is difficult (if not impossible) to prove that it meets the stated requirements.
记录体系架构通常十分有价值——否则的话我们很难(如果不是不可能的话)证明它满足一定的需求。
This means that if you often tell yourself that it is difficult or impossible to acquire money, the subconscious mind will accept your words and put obstacles in your way.
这就是说，如果你经常对自己说：很难、不可能赚到钱，你的潜意识就会接受到这种想法，并在你的前进的道路上设置障碍。
This is a passive approach and is difficult, if not impossible, to react to errors.
这是一种被动式方法，并且很难(如果不是不可能的话)对错误作出反应。
An important example of the lemons problem is the inventor who creates an idea that is difficult or impossible to patent.
“柠檬”问题的另一个重要案例是那些发明了很难甚至不可能寻求专利保护的发明者的困境。
This kind of interactivity is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve using bitmaps alone.
仅使用位图很难实现这种类型的交互性，甚至不可能实现。
There are some solutions to this problem, but ultimately it is very difficult if not impossible to solve completely.
虽然有一些解决方案可以用来解决这个问题，但是最终会非常棘手，不然的话是不能完全解决问题。
It's not impossible to be different, but it is difficult.
当不一样的那个不是说不可能，而是很难。
And as a result, dealing with big data demands a level of database agility and changeability that is difficult or impossible to achieve using today's techniques alone.
结果，处理大数据需要一定程度的数据库敏捷性，以及难以或者甚至无法单独使用如今的技术实现的可变性。
When people have to pay for care, they tend to wait until a condition is so far advanced that treatment is difficult, if not impossible, and the costs are much higher.
如果必须为医疗自掏腰包，人们有时会错失良机，等病情过于严重时才去就医，而那时已很难治疗，有的甚至为时过晚，费用也高得多。
"What Bill has done is somewhere between what we thought was difficult and impossible," said Mr.Libby, a consultant to the Archangel project.
利比先生担任着天使长项目的顾问，他说：“比尔做的事情不说是不可能吧也是非常困难。”
Not only can we not depend on the market to do anything for us, but it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to manipulate or control anything that the market does.
我们不但不能指望市场为我们做什么，而且也不能控制市场，或者说很难控制市场。
Its weakness is that the operation name in the SOAP message is lost, so dispatching can range from difficult to impossible.
其缺点在于SOAP消息中缺少操作名，所以发送消息很难甚至不可能。
While infinite horizontal linear scalability is difficult to achieve, infinite vertical scalability is impossible.
虽然无限的水平线性可扩展性是难以实现的，无限的垂直扩展性也是不可能的。
While infinite horizontal linear scalability is difficult to achieve, infinite vertical scalability is impossible.
虽然无限的水平线性可扩展性是难以实现的，无限的垂直扩展性也是不可能的。
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