我们需要时间对这个问题有个透彻的了解。

We need time to inform ourselves thoroughly of the problem.

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这个过程需要时间、耐心和有效的教员。

This process took time and patience and effective trainers.

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这个系统的项目需要一个明确的线路图和时间表。

This systematic project calls for a clear road map and timetable.

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The algorithm doesn't know that it's going to take this long to compute, it's just busy crunching away, trying to see if it can make it happen.

这很可能会发生，但是你知道的,算法本身并不知道，计算这个问题需要多长的时间，它就一直忙碌的算啊算。

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It's just, yeah, taking advantage of people who need a quick sandwich when they're at lunch and

这是利用了人们午餐时间需要快速来一份三明治的这个市场需求，

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As I said, what we want to do is, we want to count the number of basic steps it takes to compute a computation as a function of input size.

我刚才提到了，我们要建立，一个根据输入大小的方法来计算,一个计算过程需要的时间,建立这个方法需要几步呢？

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