That I think is a real virtue but it can come at the price of demanding short term accountability.

我认为这是个优点，但是可能会,付出短期责任的代价。

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I have constant time access which is great, but I paid a price, which is I had to use up some space.

我的访问时间现在是常数级别，这个非常的棒，但是我也付出了代价，不得不使用更多的空间，在整数的例子中。

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I've assigned a full two weeks to the Republic, which would be four lectures, but because I wanted to do some other things with the course as well, I had to cut the Republic by one lecture, and now I'm paying for that today.

我会分配两周的时间来消化《理想国》,等同四堂讲课，但因为我想要,加一些内容到课堂来，所以我必需砍掉《理想国》的一堂课，今天我要付出代价。

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