If sometimes it takes 3 hours to do something, another time 7 hours, and another time 4 hours, we might just estimate that on average it takes about 5 hours to get the work done for this task.

如果任务有时需要3个小时，有时需要7个小时，有时又需要4个小时，那么平均起来我们估计需要5个小时来完成这项工作。

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Latency describes how long it takes for a given task to complete, whereas scalability describes how a program's performance varies under increasing load or given increased computing resources.

等待时间指完成一个给定任务所花费的时间，而可伸缩性则指随着负载的增加或给定计算资源的增加，程序的性能将怎样变化。

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He sets high standards for himself, and his work sometimes complicates matters: a task that should take only an hour to complete takes him a few months.

他对自己的标准很高，常把工作弄得错综复杂：一项只需几小时的工作他会花费数月完成。

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