But we were cautiously optimistic because we had so many letdowns following the previous experiments.

但是我们持谨慎的乐观主义，因为在以前的大量实验中我们失望了好多次。

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It wasn't individual letdowns. It was the idea that somebody else would get the job done.

球队并不是某个球员的个人表现让人失望，而是他们都认为总会有其他人站出来完成任务。

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