And I have actually seen evidence over the years, mercifully, just a small amount of evidence, but there are, in a group like this, always a few students who come in with a really strong background in high school.

这几年我已经见到了实例，令人感激的是，只有小部分人，但在这，像这样的一个小组，总有一些来到我们这的学生,在高中打下了良好的基础。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Because you would know being a good utilitarian that taking some, a small amount, he'd scarcely going to notice it, but it will make a huge improvement in the lives and in the welfare of those at the bottom.

因为作为一个优秀的功利主义者，你知道,收走一些对他们来说根本无关痛痒的钱，却能大大改善社会底层那些人的生活,增加他们的福利。

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So, even if the cost is small, $10 a dose, it quickly amounts to a large amount of money.

因此,即使单只成本很小,可能只有十美元,但是这很快就会累积成为很大的金额

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A test suite is small enough so that we can test it in a reasonable amount of time.

测试集必须小到我们可以在一个,合理的时间内完成他，但是必须大到。

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