So you can think of it, if we were to just think of it as a straight line that we were going across, essentially what we're saying is that we're getting from point a to point c without ever getting through point b.

你们可以来想想看，如我我们把它想成是一条直线,我们要沿着这条线经过，这就是说我们要从ａ点,不经过ｂ点而到ｃ点。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

cause I go to 68th and it's straight road. They can just make it all the way if they want.

因为我去的是第68大街，从这儿开始都是一条直路，他们可以把自行车道一直修到底，如果他们想这么做。

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So we have h, then we can draw our bond as a line.

那么我们有氢，可以把我们的键画成一条线。

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Press your lips together with the corners straight or down.

把嘴唇并在一起，嘴角成一条直线，向下。

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If we want to add that asset to the portfolio, what it does is it produces an efficient portfolio frontier that is now a straight line; I show that on the diagram.

如果我们将其加入到投资组合中去，则会生成一条资产组合的有效边界,即一条直线;,我在图里把它画出来了。

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