So it's easy to confuse its condition (bad) with its direction (better) and to lose sight of how much worse it could be.

因此，很容易将(坏的)现状和(好的)方向混为一谈，并且忽视情况变得更坏的程度。

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We must also be on guard that we don't confuse such objective qualities as "oiliness" or "big-capness" or "consumerness" with what actually drives stock prices from day to day.

我们还必须要警惕，不能将“石油”或“大盘”或“消费”这些客观因素与每一天真正驱动股价的原因相混淆。

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Do not confuse this with the features of a database to asynchronously replicate, because the database feature to replicate data asynchronously is insufficient and should not be employed.

不要将此与数据库的异步复制功能混淆，因为用于异步复制数据的数据库功能效率低下，不应该予以采用。

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But we shouldn't confuse the physical things which can be just, the people who can be virtuous to one degree or another, with perfect virtue or perfect justice.

但是我们不应该把可能正义的现实事物,比如,多少有些,德行的人,同完美的德性或完美的正义相混淆

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