And it turns out that simply by counting the number of those spikes that occurs at a period of time.

随后，只要数一数在一定时间内,产生的尖峰脉冲的数量。

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Well, we're talking about a pretty high number here, so to make counting easier, we'll just say 10 lone pairs, because 20 lone pair electrons is the same thing as 10 lone pairs.

好吧，我们这里讨论的是一个挺大的数，为了数起来更容易，我们就说有十对孤对电子，因为二十个跟十对是一个意思。

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We're going to be counting the number of basic steps it takes to solve the problem.

我们还要去数着,解决问题的的基本步骤有多少。

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These guys are just counting the number of people in the class for the registrar, so they're not doing anything more nefarious then that.

这些人只负责统计,班级人数然后交给注册处,所以他们不会做什么过分的事情

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Most censuses were taken, by the way, as a way of counting heads, the number of people who had to be fed at the time of a siege.

顺便提一下,大多数人口普查,都采用数人头的方法,即在围城期间统计需要给养多少人口

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