也就是，我并不仅仅对平均付款时间感兴趣，而且还对给定方案中最糟糕情况感兴趣。

Namely, I am not just interested in the average checkout time, but also in the worst case in a given scenario.

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还有可以参考我的《失业生存指南》中，关于如何应对可能发生的最糟糕情况的小技巧。

And read my "Survival guide for the unemployed" for tips about handling the worst if it happens.

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要想尝试跨出为梦想生活的一步，我们必须抽点时间想象一下我们现实中可能出现的最糟糕情况。

To have a shot at taking that leap and living our dreams, we must take the time to conceptualize our realistic worst case scenario.

youdao

And the context of sorting, the worst case is your handed a problem that's in complete reverse order because that implies you have - to do as more work that could possibly-- that you could-- you have to do more work than you would of course if things were in perfect order.

在排序的环境中，最糟糕的情况是待排序的序列是,完全逆序的，在这种情况下,你不得不做更多的工作-,比起一个较理想顺序的序列,你必须花费更多的努力。

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The worst you can ever do investing is lose all of your investment--lose 100%.

在投资上,最糟糕的情况就是,把本金也全亏完,也就是亏100%

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