THE population of bugs in a Petri dish typically increases in an S-shaped curve.

在皮氏细菌培养皿内，细菌数量的增长模式是典型的“S” 曲线。

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It showed the ice-encrusted north face of Everest and, below it, the great river of ice known as the Main Rongbuk Glacier, flowing in a sweeping, S-shaped curve down a broad, stony valley.

照片显示珠峰北坡被冰雪所覆盖，在它下面“大绒布”冰河以大幅度弯曲的“S”型曲线穿过广阔并充满岩石的峡谷。

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Actually knowledge follows an 'S-shaped curve,' leveling over time.

实际上知识依照一个“s型的曲线”，随着时间的过去而变平。

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I should be able to do nice bell-shaped curves, but it's harder than it looks standing up here; so that's your bell-shaped curve.

我还是挺擅长画钟型曲线的,但站着画真的不太容易,这就是钟型曲线

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It's a bell-shaped curve that looks about like that.

大概就是一条这样的钟形曲线

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That's a bell-shaped curve, but it's centered exactly on .2.

这是条钟形曲线,它关于x=0.2对称

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They proceed along an S-shaped curve, with a few trail blazers lighting the way, followed every growing numbers of imitators who adopt the idea with its value demonstrated, but, then, a few laggards who for stupidity, pride, tradition, or whatever, hold on the methods that are outdated and unprofitable.

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