Computers smart though they may be and intimidating though they may be, they cannot yet think for themselves.

计算机可能是智能的,也可能是可怕的，但计算机还不具备自我思考的能力。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

It can be a little bit intimidating at first.

刚开始会有点恐慌。

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The second thing is never ask any questions, because presumably it is very frightening to ask, "Any questions?" and people find it's intimidating.

第二件事是千万别发问，因为学生大都害怕提问，一问“有没有问题“，大家就都害怕了。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Second reason we don't want over-qualified students in the class, it sounds a little nasty, but the second reason is, an over-qualified student, somebody who's, I don't know, programmed for Google for the last five years, is going to have an easy time in this course, but we don't want such a student accidentally intimidating the rest of you.

我们不希望高水平的学生来听课,还有一个原因，虽然听起来，有一点儿令人不快，但是第二个原因是，我们不希望，某位我不知道的高手，在为谷歌编写了五年的程序之后，很轻松地上这门课，从而使得周围同学,感到威胁。

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And she could be intimidating to a first-year graduate student.

对于研究生新生，她看上去很威严。

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