Some time it might be interesting, but not useful, for some student better equipped and more idle than I to work out Newton’s exact relationship to the tradition and MSS. of his time.

尽管没有用处，但对于一个比我条件更好，更悠闲的研究者来说，弄清楚牛顿与传统以及他的时代的确切关系有时可能是一个有趣的命题。

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The bureau could easily present their data in more useful ways, but they have chosen not to.

这一部门能够以更有用的方式轻易地提供他们的数据，但他们选择不这样做。

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Try to slot it in as a to-do list item and you'll manage only goal-focused reading—useful, sometimes, but not the most fulfilling kind.

试着将它当作代办事项列在任务清单里，你只能进行目标集中式阅读——有时候有用，但是并非是最令人满足的阅读方式。

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I think it's very useful. It may not be immediately apparent to people in Darfur, but in the end it is a contribution towards a solution to their problem."

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It appears to be useful in that way but I imagine it does more compelling things these days but I have not seen it myself.

那样看起来仿佛比较有效果,但我想这些天它非常引人注目,只是我自己没看到而已。

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It's an example of a very common tool that's going to be really useful to us, not just for doing search, but for doing a whole range of problems. That is, in essence, the template the describes a log style algorithm.

不仅仅是做搜索,还可以解决一整类问题,本质上，这个模板就描述了,对数形的算法,我们一会再回来。

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