This won't solve the problem but it's a step in the right direction.

这虽不能解决问题，却是朝正确方向迈出的一步。

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The problem comes when you start to lose perspective on your work and direction.

当你开始对工作和方向失去视角时，问题就来了。

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POSIX standardization is a step in the right direction to solving this problem, when it's done right.

如果POSIX标准化做得正确，那么它是解决这一问题的正确方向上的一个步骤。

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The waves were huge, and each created a problem in guiding the direction of the boat.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

This was a problem but the direction is constantly changing.

在这个问题中,但是方向是在不断变化的

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They did not yet understand that they were seeing the problem from the opposite direction.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

Approaching the problem from the direction of failure inevitability is self-serving.

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Michael Demkowicz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is developing a model that he hopes will address the problem from a different direction: specifying a set of desired properties and then trying to predict the nanostructures needed to deliver them.

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Depending on the nature and the direction of the problem, a solution might be suggested in the narrative.

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