That lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge, and the lack of knowledge is difficult if not impossible to compensate for later on.
好奇心的缺乏导致了相应知识不足，而知识的缺乏即便可以弥补，但真正做到也是很难的。
Those things are difficult, but not impossible, for forgers to replicate.
造假者想要复制这些特征很难，但还是有可能做到。
This was not impossible in XSLT 1.0 and XPath 1.0, but fiendishly difficult.
在XSLT 1.0和XPath 1.0 中这不是不可能实现的，但都是极其困难的。
It's hard to speculate what could bring down the Net, but it's not impossible.
要想猜测出究竟什么会把互联网搞垮并不容易，但那并不是不可能的。
Squeezing meaningful quantities of bioethanol from this waste is challenging but not impossible.
从这些废料中压榨出足够量的生物乙醇是具挑战性的，但也不是不可能。
This makes generically identifying object and class structures difficult, if not impossible.
这可能会使标识对象和类结构变得很困难。
Navigating the documentation and examples on the gnome.org site can be challenging but not impossible.
理解gnome.org站点中的文档与示例是很有挑战性的，但也不是不可能。
Fundamentally, he believes that creating impregnable tickets is extremely difficult, if not impossible.
从根本上，他相信，创造出坚不可摧的彩票是极其困难的，如果不是不可能的话。
It was difficult, if not impossible, to embed a spreadsheet table or chart inside of a text document.
即使可能，要想在一个文本文件中嵌入电子表格或者图表也是相当困难的。
Clearly an algorithmic approach will find it difficult if not impossible to keep up with fashion trends.
很明显，运算方法将很难或者不可能跟上时尚趋势。
First, it is difficult, if not impossible, to prove feelings of love in another individual, even a human.
首先，如果不是没办法，那就是很难去证明另外一个个体——即便是另一个人的爱情感受。
Although responsibilities can be divided, it's not impossible for one person to acquire all these skills.
可以将责任进行划分，一个人不可能拥有所有这些技能。
While it might be easy to change the software, changing the hardware is often difficult, if not impossible.
相对于硬件来说，改变软件更加的容易。
If the markets behavior were truly random, then it would be difficult if not impossible to create consistency.
如果市场的行为真的是随机的，那么产生持续一致性真的很难。
Indeed, important military shifts have already been set in motion that will be difficult if not impossible to reverse.
确实，军事上的重要改变已经在发生，要逆转这样的趋势，如果不是不可能的话，起码也是很困难的。
Not impossible, of course, because you can link objects and insert text in videos, but it's just not as elegant as text.
当然，也不是不可能，可以在视频中嵌入文本或链接某个对象，但不如文本简练精确。
There are some solutions to this problem, but ultimately it is very difficult if not impossible to solve completely.
虽然有一些解决方案可以用来解决这个问题，但是最终会非常棘手，不然的话是不能完全解决问题。
It's hard dating someone famous and having flash bulbs going off in your face all the time, but it's not impossible.
和名人约会，镁光灯又一直打在你脸上，说起来挺难，但也不是没可能的事儿。
Although not impossible to solve, a single integrated solution that takes care of these concerns has many advantages.
尽管这些问题不是无法解决的，但是能够处理这些问题的综合解决方案可以避免许多麻烦。
Funding can be unpredictable, short-lived, or inflexible, making it difficult, if not impossible, to launch long-term plans.
供资不可预测、短暂，或不灵活，因此即使不是不可能，至少也很难启动长期计划。
Where sanitation and standards of living have improved, the likelihood of acquiring H. pylori is low but not impossible.
当卫生条件和生活水平有所提高以后，被幽门螺杆菌感染的可能性就会降低，但是并不见得就完全不感染。
To developers like ourselves, it makes legacy reuse harder, if not impossible without significantly modifying the RPG code.
对像我们这样的开发人员，如果不能修改RPG代码，将很难进行遗留的重用。
Success is less due to an individual's effort, and measurement of individual effort becomes more complex, if not impossible.
成功对个人努力的依赖降低了，而衡量个人努力即使有可能，也变得更加复杂。
Such fruitful results would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve without the speed enabled by agile development processes.
如果没有敏捷开发流程提供的速度，这样丰硕的成果将很难或不可能实现。
While customized sneakers are available on many athletic shoe Web sites, fashion shoes are harder, although not impossible, to find.
定做运动鞋在很多运动鞋网站上都能找到，但要找到时装鞋则较为困难，尽管不是没有可能。
It is hard, if not impossible, to imagine exactly what it would be - such is the nature of paradigm shifts, they cannot be predicted.
准确地设想，即使并非不可能，也是很困难的——这就是范型变化的自然特性，它们无法被预测。
Business environments, like ecosystems, can be fragile-and once lost, competitive advantage can be hard, if not impossible, to regain.
商业环境和生态环境一样很脆弱，一旦失去竞争优势，即使不是完全不可能，但也很难重新获得。
Understanding life on these scales is not impossible, but we have to work it out one interaction, mechanism, and pathway at a time.
理解这些层次的生命是不可能的，但是每次我们必须制定出一个互动、一个机制和方法。
Understanding life on these scales is not impossible, but we have to work it out one interaction, mechanism, and pathway at a time.
理解这些层次的生命是不可能的，但是每次我们必须制定出一个互动、一个机制和方法。
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