The persistent question of "Why do I need that?"—or, perhaps more tellingly, "Why do you need to know that?"—dogs the steps of many new ventures.
一个挥之不去的问题阻碍了许多新企业的脚步，即“我为什么需要它？”或者，也许更能说明问题的是，“为什么你需要知道这个？”
Officials declined to borrow against next year's state aid, they refused to trim extracurricular activities and they did not consider seeking a smaller—perhaps more acceptable—tax increase.
官员们拒绝借用下一年度的国家补助金，拒绝削减课外活动，也没有考虑寻求一个更低的（也许是更易接受的）税收增长。
But another no-show was perhaps more important.
但是，另一个失约者也许更为重要。
Television cameras are just as intrusive-perhaps more so.
电视摄像机也和以前一样无孔不入——或许还变本加厉了。
It will assist in many roles, perhaps more than you imagine.
它会在很多方面起到协助作用，应该会比你们所能想象的要多得多。
The second use case, shown in Figure 4, is perhaps more powerful.
第二个用例见图4，这个可能更强大。
Or perhaps more meal vouchers lie ahead in our not so distant future.
或许，更多的餐券在不遥远的未来等待着。
Did it happen all at once, very rapidly, or perhaps more gradually?
它是一瞬间、很快地发生的，还是逐渐发生的？
Conditional frequencies are perhaps more interesting than plain histograms.
条件频率分布可能比普通的直方图更有趣。
A perceptron utilizes weights in a different and perhaps more intuitive way.
感知器以一种不同的而且可能更为直观的方式来使用权重。
Another example, the Nile, looks more worrying but is perhaps more hopeful.
另一例，尼罗河似乎更令人担心，但也许也更有希望。
The second, less obvious, but perhaps more important thing is: don't have an end goal.
第二个忠告，不太明显却可能更重要的是：不要设置最终目标。
The second, and perhaps more serious, problem is the British dislike of queue-jumpers.
接下来更重要的一点是，英国人讨厌插队者。
And perhaps more importantly, nobody is really getting a free ride - at least in principle.
或许更重要的是，双方都付出了代价，没人可以免费搭便车——至少在原则上是这样。
But one wonders if there was not another, perhaps more appropriate way of expressing gratitude?
但是有人奇怪，难道就没有其他或许更为合适的方法来表达感激之情吗？
Succession is an issue of course, perhaps more for Apple than for most hyper-successful companies.
继任当然是一个重要问题。相对于其他超级成功的公司而言，这个问题对苹果来说或许更加重要。
Solar and wind energy, for example, are still very expensive and, perhaps more crucially, intermittent.
比如，太阳能和风能，它们花费太高，最重要的是，能量供应无法保持稳定。
Resolving their differences will take creativity, yes, but, perhaps more importantly, it will take patience.
当然，要解决他们之间的分歧需要创造力，但是也许更重要的是耐心。
It is perhaps more accurate to consider the family as a blanket of security, rather than a cloak of bondage.
把家庭看作保护安全的毯子可能比把它看做束缚的斗篷更确切。
Today, perhaps more than ever, international trade holds tremendous potential for improving people's lives.
今天，国际贸易对改善人民的生活蕴藏的巨大潜力或许是前所未有的。
Moreover, and perhaps more significantly, pretty much all the components for MIT’s setup are off-the-shelf.
还不止这样，更重要的是，几乎所有麻省理工方案所需的组件都是现成的。
The main house is perhaps more shabby than chic, but still an impressive 18th-century mansion that sleeps 10.
主屋看上去也许不够新潮，但仍不失为一栋18世纪的豪宅，可以住上十人。
After QQ, there is another, perhaps more widespread, messaging trend. You guessed it: cellphone text messaging.
在QQ之外，还有一种恐怕是更为流行的快速传递信息的潮流，你一定猜到了———手机短信。
How does such a team decide how to run demos effectively; or perhaps more importantly, how to get ongoing feedback?
像这样的团队如何决定怎样才能有效地运行演示；或者也许有更重要的问题，如何能够保持持续的反馈？
How does such a team decide how to run demos effectively; or perhaps more importantly, how to get ongoing feedback?
像这样的团队如何决定怎样才能有效地运行演示；或者也许有更重要的问题，如何能够保持持续的反馈？
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