If it was an unordered list, we were basically stuck with linear search. Got to walk through the whole list to see if the thing is there.

如果是一个未排序的列表,基本上我们就只能使用线性搜索了,通过遍历整个列表来查看。

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The problems are set up so that, if you start down the right path, it should be pretty straight-forward to work it through If you start down a plausible but incorrect path, you can sometimes find yourself stuck in the weeds somewhere, and we want to bring you back in.

问题提出了，如果你从，一开始就走正确的道路，解决的途径,就一目了然了,如果你走上一条貌似正确但实际错误的道路，你会在某时某刻,发现自己陷入泥沼，于是我们就会把你拉回来。

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We are stuck with them through good and ill.

不论好坏，我们都要接受它们。

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