这帮助减少可能性的bug数：所有的子类被要求去做，满足了一个清晰的职责。

This helps to reduce the likelihood of bugs: all subclasses are required to do, is fulfill a clear contract.

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经常洗手并避免与感冒患者密切接触可减少感染的可能性。

But frequent hand washing and avoiding close contact with people who have colds can reduce the likelihood of catching one.

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另一方面，在干旱和半干旱地区，湖泊数量少，湖泊之间距离远，减少了相互关联的可能性。

In arid and semiarid regions, on the other hand, the small number of lakes and the great distances between them reduce the possibilities for correlation.

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If the experimenter gives you instructions by phone, you're less likely to do it.

如果实验者通过电话指示你电击，你电击的可能性就减少。

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If an ordinary man, not the guy in a white lab coat but an ordinary guy, says, "Hey, keep shocking him, that's okay," you're less likely to do it, and if there is a rebellion, if somebody else rebels and says, "I won't do it," you are much more likely not to do it yourself.

如果是一个普通人，不是穿白大褂的,只是一个普通人说，”继续电击他，没问题的“,你进行电击的可能性会减少，如果有电击者反抗，如果有电击者不听命令说”我不电击“,你电击的可能性就更低。

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