If the past is prologue, then it ought to be possible to draw some modest conclusions about the future from the wealth of data about America's present.
如果过去是一个序幕，那么应该有可能从有关美国现状的大量数据中得出一些关于未来的适度的结论。
For an absurd work of art to be possible, thought in its most lucid form must be involved in it.
为了让荒谬的艺术作品成为可能，思想必须以它最清醒的形式赋在作品之中。
It suggests that, with proper management, it ought to be possible to rebuild the world's fisheries.
文章认为，通过适当的管理，重整世界渔业应该是可能的。
So it ought to be possible, at least in principle, to start from a purely microscopic approach to nature.
所以至少从原则上，我们可以，从纯微观的出发点去考虑这个问题。
By screening existing varieties it ought to be possible to identify those well suited to ethanol production.
只要筛选现有的种类就应当能找到适合乙醇产量的品种。
But as genetic sequencing becomes cheap and routine, it ought to be possible to pick dangerous mutations up quickly.
不过随著基因工程的排序越来越价格便宜和司空见惯，大家实在应该更迅速地掌握任何危险的病毒突变。
No matter the options selected or the parameters specified, drawing an alpha-blended circle does not appear to be possible.
无论选定哪些选项或指定哪些参数，绘制阿尔法混合的圆形都显得不太可能。
For affirmative action to be possible and effective, data collection on ethnic backgrounds should be allowed, as is the case in the United States.
出于对平权措施的可行性和有效性的考虑，应该允许对种族背景进行数据收集，就像美国所做的那样。
Performance should be livable; slower than fakeroot would be acceptable, but it had to be possible to complete builds in a reasonable amount of time.
性能应该保持适当的水平；比fakeroot慢是可以接受的，但是必须能够在合理的时间内完成构建。
The sacrifice I was going to have to make if it was to be possible, was much greater than you think. I could have told you: "I need twenty thousand francs."
我采用这些方法时所作的牺牲比您想象的还要大，我本来可以对您说：我需要两万法郎；您眼下正在爱我，兴许会筹划到的，等过后可能就要埋怨我了。
The LHC has a good chance of making these particles, but if they are six times as common as ordinary matter in outer space then it ought to be possible to detect them in the wild, as it were.
LHC很有可能会制造出这些微粒，但既然太空中的暗物质是普通物质的六倍之多，那么在自然界中，我们也应该可以观测到它们。
It might be possible to extend the technique to other crop plants.
把该技术扩延到其它农作物上也许是可能的。
General Powell predicted that in the future it might even be possible to stage joint military exercises.
鲍威尔将军预言将来甚至可能举行联合军事演习。
It would be dishonest to mislead people and not to present the data as fairly as possible.
误导人们、不尽可能公正地提供数据是不诚实的。
It's possible to be a fountain of knowledge and a boring person, says public relations consultant Andrea Pass.
公共关系顾问安德莉亚·帕斯说，一个学识渊博的人也可能是一个无聊的人。
It's no wonder these companies employ teams of people focused on engineering their services to be as engaging as possible.
难怪这些公司会雇佣团队，来让他们的服务尽可能地吸引人。
Either way, one benefit of a "national" organization would be to negotiate better prices, if possible, with drug manufacturers.
无论哪种方式，“国有”组织的一个好处是，有可能通过与药品制造商谈判获得更优惠的价格。
Whenever we need to be indoors, we want our surroundings to be as attractive and comfortable as possible.
无论何时我们需要待在室内，我们都希望我们的环境尽可能的吸引人和舒适。
They again ate outside, for Clara had to be in the open air all day, if possible.
他们又在外面吃饭了，因为克拉拉如果她可以的话，一整天都会待在露天里。
In an exercise designed to be as real as possible, they simulated an advance on enemy positions.
在一次设计得尽可能逼真的演习中，他们模拟了一次向敌方阵地的前进。
Try to be as enthusiastic as possible (enthusiasm is catching)!
尽量表现出热情（热情具有感染力）！
Those qualities that make interaction with other people enjoyable would be imitated as closely as possible, and the machine would appear to be charming, and easygoing.
那些使与他人的互动变得愉快的品质将被尽可能地模仿，并且机器将看起来是迷人的，随和的。
A nucleus that large cannot be stable, but it might be possible to assemble one next to a vacuum for long enough to observe the decay of the vacuum.
这么大的原子核不可能是稳定的，但在足够长的时间内，在真空附近组装一个原子核以观察真空的衰变是可能的。
Given enough warning, it should be possible to push a threatening boulder out of the way.
如果予以足够的警示，就有可能把一块有威胁性的巨石推开。
It maybe they wanted to live as near as possible to their ancestors' graves and be buried near them themselves.
也许他们想住得离他们祖先的坟墓越近越好，这样他们自己就可以埋葬在祖坟的附近。
It will be possible to create more sophisticated moral machines if only we can find a way to set out human values as clear rules.
只要我们能找到一种方法，将人类的价值观以明确的规则阐述出来，就有可能创造出更精密的符合道德标准的机器。
Nurses and other care-givers need to be aware of the possible meanings of silence when they come across the personal anxiety their patients may be experiencing.
当护士和其他护理人员发现病人可能正在面临个人焦虑时，他们需要认识到沉默的潜在意义。
They don't seem to be responding in a pre-programmed sort of way: it may even be possible that they're able to view a problem and work out what the answer is.
他们似乎没有按预先设定好的方式做出反应：甚至有可能他们能够看到一个问题并找出其答案。
The decision whether or not to salvage the wreck was not an easy one, although an excavation in 1978 had shown that it might be possible to raise the hull.
决定是否打捞沉船并不是一件容易的事，尽管在1978年的一次挖掘表明，打捞船体是有可能的。
As Venus was closer to the Earth, its parallax angle would be larger, and Halley worked out that by using Venus it would be possible to measure the Suns distance to 1 part in 500.
由于金星离地球更近，所以它的视差角会更大。哈雷计算出，利用金星可以测量出太阳与地球之间的距离，误差为五百分之一。
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