I reasoned that the sole attempt of trying to avoid any kind of failure by any means would lead to the irrevocable mistake of not trying at all, which isn't a promising option.

我的理由是那些试图用各种各样的方法避开失败会直接导致根本不敢去尝试的无法挽回的错误，这真的不是一个好的选择。

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One great feature is that audio files are mapped according to the speaker's region. This means you won't make the mistake of speaking le francais du Quebec to Parisians.

该网站的一个优秀功能是音频文件会根据说话者来自的地区进行地图标记，这意味着你不会犯对巴黎人说魁北克法语的错误。

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In practice this means that wrong ICONS, characters and options get selected, with time wasted as you back out of whatever you just went into by mistake.

在实践中，这就会造成误操作，浪费的时间回去修正错误。

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That a distinguished public servant is ending his career prematurely, not because of any professional mistake or breach of national security, but because he did not use truly private means to communicate with his lover, is disturbing.

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