The persistent question of "Why do I need that?"—or, perhaps more tellingly, "Why do you need to know that?"—dogs the steps of many new ventures.
一个挥之不去的问题阻碍了许多新企业的脚步，即“我为什么需要它？”或者，也许更能说明问题的是，“为什么你需要知道这个？”
Officials declined to borrow against next year's state aid, they refused to trim extracurricular activities and they did not consider seeking a smaller—perhaps more acceptable—tax increase.
官员们拒绝借用下一年度的国家补助金，拒绝削减课外活动，也没有考虑寻求一个更低的（也许是更易接受的）税收增长。
Conditional frequencies are perhaps more interesting than plain histograms.
条件频率分布可能比普通的直方图更有趣。
Another example, the Nile, looks more worrying but is perhaps more hopeful.
另一例，尼罗河似乎更令人担心，但也许也更有希望。
The second, less obvious, but perhaps more important thing is: don't have an end goal.
第二个忠告，不太明显却可能更重要的是：不要设置最终目标。
I mean, Laura Bush started perhaps more low key and then, you look - she really ramped up.
我是说，劳拉·布什或许开始时更低调，然后，你看—她实际上是逐步升级的。
It is perhaps more accurate to consider the family as a blanket of security, rather than a cloak of bondage.
把家庭看作保护安全的毯子可能比把它看做束缚的斗篷更确切。
Moreover, and perhaps more significantly, pretty much all the components for MIT’s setup are off-the-shelf.
还不止这样，更重要的是，几乎所有麻省理工方案所需的组件都是现成的。
The main house is perhaps more shabby than chic, but still an impressive 18th-century mansion that sleeps 10.
主屋看上去也许不够新潮，但仍不失为一栋18世纪的豪宅，可以住上十人。
After QQ, there is another, perhaps more widespread, messaging trend. You guessed it: cellphone text messaging.
在QQ之外，还有一种恐怕是更为流行的快速传递信息的潮流，你一定猜到了———手机短信。
How does such a team decide how to run demos effectively; or perhaps more importantly, how to get ongoing feedback?
像这样的团队如何决定怎样才能有效地运行演示；或者也许有更重要的问题，如何能够保持持续的反馈？
Free radicals do cause damage, Hekimi said, but at normal levels their beneficial effects are perhaps more important.
海克米说，自由基确实会产生破坏作用，但是在正常范围内，它的积极作用或许更为明显。
All these countries suffer not only from a lack of competitiveness but from other, perhaps more damaging, disorders too.
除了缺乏竞争力，这五个国家还受困于其他可能更具破坏性的问题。
So, perhaps more surprisingly, would Ford, which ranks third in America, just ahead of Honda (and behind GM and Toyota).
可能最令人惊异的是福特公司，它在美国的市场份额仍然位列第三，比本田公司还要高(前两位是通用和丰田)。
I would like to reiterate the arguments that I developed in these articles, perhaps more clearly, with a different example.
我将重申我在这些文章中的一些观点，可能更清楚一些，使用不同的例子。
A worker can perform any number of tasks, and, perhaps more importantly, any worker can perform a different range of tasks.
一个工人可以执行任意数量的任务，更为重要的是，任何工人可以执行不同范围的任务。
In this installment, I continue my discussion of common XML pitfalls and, perhaps more importantly, show you how to avoid them.
这一期文章中，我继续讨论常见的XML陷阱以及(可能更重要)如何避免这些陷阱。
I learned the language and am now fluent, but perhaps more important was how much I learned about cultures, people, and myself.
我学会了语言，现在说的很流利了，但也许更重要的是我体验了当地的文化，学会了与人更好地相处，也更加了解自己。
At other times groups encourage social loafing, resulting in a drop in our productivity-sometimes by as much as 50%, perhaps more.
而在另一些时候，群体却鼓励磨洋工，导致生产效率以50%甚至更大的比例下降。
But perhaps more important will be the emergence of an older, more mature, less frenetic, less consumerist, and more frugal society.
但也许更为重要的是一个久经沧桑、更为成熟、不再狂热、不再物质主义并且更为节俭的社会将出现在我们面前。
The former is used for most of the logs in your typical system as they are easy to write and, perhaps more importantly, easy to read.
前者用于典型系统中的大多数日志，因为它们易于编写，而且（也许是更重要的）它们易于阅读。
At the end of the day, these psychological needs are likely to be as important, and perhaps more important, than the salary you pay.
总有一天，这些心理需求可能会同你支付的工资同样重要，甚至更加重要。
Indeed, Ms Duflo and Mr Banerjee, perhaps more than some of their disciples, are able theorists as well as thoroughgoing empiricists.
的确，和他们的弟子相比，迪弗洛女士和班吉纳先生更是才能卓越的理论家和彻头彻尾的经验主义者。
And, perhaps more than anything else, that gift is what is needed today in our families, in our churches, and in our world in general.
礼物对于今日的家庭、教堂和整个世界来说比起其它任何东西都更为必要。
A disorganized model will rapidly become inaccurate, and perhaps more important, will be difficult to use, leading to eventual abandonment.
缺乏组织性的模型将很快失去准确性，会变得很难使用(可能这一点更为重要)，从而导致最终将其弃用。
One of the major factors in success is the proper utilization of the mind, and perhaps more specifically, the proper use of the imagination.
成功的一个重要因素便是我们脑力的使用，或者更加确切的说是如何合理的利用想象力。
One argument, however, is less fanciful but perhaps more logical: writing in ink from left to right was too messy because Leonardo was a southpaw.
然而，还有另一种更实际更符合逻辑的说法：因为达芬奇是个左撇子，所以从左写到右对他来说太过麻烦。
But perhaps more important, Rational User Groups are structured so that members gain immediate and relevant technical know-how during each meeting.
但是可能更重要的是，Rational用户组是专门构建的，以便成员能够在每次会议期间都可以立即收获相关的技术诀窍。
But perhaps more important, Rational User Groups are structured so that members gain immediate and relevant technical know-how during each meeting.
但是可能更重要的是，Rational用户组是专门构建的，以便成员能够在每次会议期间都可以立即收获相关的技术诀窍。
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