然而，情况是如此复杂，即使知道投入，我们仍无法预测产出。

But despite knowing the inputs, we can't predict the outputs yet because there's so much complexity.

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一旦大楼投入使用，它要消耗比原来设计预测的多得多的能量。

Once a building opens, it may use more energy than was predicted by the design. And how a building is used — how many occupants it has, for example — affects its energy consumption.

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那次地震让日本在预测地震和海啸上投入了大量的努力。

The calamity initiated a massive effort in Japan to predict earthquakes and tsunamis.

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So if we were management consultants working for Mckinsey or something, and we were brought in to advise you on your homework assignments, or this law partnership on their work practices, we would come down with a prediction that this is how much work you're going to get.

如果我们是麦肯锡公司的管理顾问,或者给你们的作业提出点好的建议,或者对于现实中的律师事务所,我们都能够预测出来,你可能会投入多少工作量

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