Actually, let me start by saying I'm going to distinguish two broad families of characteristics we might appeal to.

我首先来,区分一下两个不同种类的特征,我们也许会用到它们

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And I'm going to show you an example in a 1 second, just to drive this home, but notice the characteristics. In the first two cases, the problem reduced by 1 at each step.

在前面两个例子里,每一部问题的规模缩小了,不管是迭代的还是递归的，这表明这个问题的复杂性可能是线性的。

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These two distinguishing characteristics account for the difference between the extraordinarily successful and those who were successful.

这两个区别性的特质,导致了格外成功和成功的人之间的差别。

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But many, particularly two-- bureaucracies and powerful standing military forces-- are characteristics of modern states.

这些变革,尤其是官僚机构和强大的军队,这两方面是现代国家的特征

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And one of the distinguishing characteristics between these two cultures is their approach were silence.

两种文化最突出的特点之一是,印第安人崇尚安静。

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