What you're really saying is: I'll take action when the risk or effort is minimal.

实际上你说的是：当风险与努力最小的时候，我就开始行动。

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Will it take so much time or effort to build that you don't experience any net productivity gain?

要花费如此多的时间或精力来构建一个您还没有体验到任何净生产效率的东西吗？

youdao

You can also provide detailed estimates of the time or effort required to run each individual test case.

您也可以提供运行每一个私人测试用例所需的具体时间或者精力的估计。

youdao

If this attempt is not opposed, no effort will be made to throw in men,arms or ammunition."

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Or just have the good intentions without the effort that's necessary to bring about a positive exponential function.

还是只有好的意图但不付出,必要的努力发挥正面指数函数的作用。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

And the truth of whether a book should or should not be censored is something that's come about through the diligent effort of a group, rather than a single arbitrary judge like the state licenser.

但一本书是否真正被控制,是一堆人努力的结果，而不是政府出版管理处的人员专横的决定。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Shows a lack of real concern or effort on the part of employers in trying to control costs.

FORBES: The Problem With Patients In Controlling Health Care Costs

They devoted comparatively little time or effort to inoculating patients, advising them to stop smoking, providing breast-cancer screening and so forth.

ECONOMIST: Your money or your life

And, that all their remaining economic problems could be solved, without cost or effort, by monetary manipulation, in time for the next election.

FORBES: Just Who Are Those Keynesians We're So Often Referring To?