And if the test is true, it will change the value of this program counter to point to some other place in the memory, some other point in that sequence of instructions, and you'll keep processing.

如果测试结果为真，它会改变程序计数器的结果去,指向记忆存储器里的其他地方，指令序列里的其他地方，然后你会继续这个过程。

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OK. Now, that's a nice simple little test, let's look at a couple of other examples to get a sense of what this will do.

好，那么这是一个很好的小测试，让我们看看其他的一些例子,来明白这个主要用来做什么的。

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They do extremely well on the first test and conclude that chemistry is in the bank and they can focus on the other subjects.

它们在首次考试中取得了好成绩,总的来说化学是根基,他们可以在其他事情上投入精力。

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So tens or hundreds of millions of dollars would go into a study like this by the time it was completed, money that could have been used for other things, to test whether eating a low fat diet would reduce risk for breast cancer.

数以百万计的美元,投入到这样的研究,当研究结束时,本可以用来做其他事情的钱,被用来检测是否低脂膳食,可降低患乳腺癌风险

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