Too little and the work is boring, but too much results in a kind of "perceptual overload", according to Forsythe.
根据福赛斯的观点，细节太少，作品会过于乏味，而细节太多会导致一种“知觉超载”。
That is why the smallest of the herbivores, Thomson's gazelle, lives on fruit that is very nutritious but too thin on the ground to support a larger animal.
那就解释了为什么最小型的食草动物，汤普森瞪羚，能以水果为食；虽然水果非常有营养，但是在地面上太稀少，不足以维持体型更大的动物生存。
Passenger declines "appear to reach bottom, but too early to be sure" : British airways.
英航：旅客量跌幅“已经见底，但还不能确定”。
Software projects are often stuck with decisions that are a mistake, but too costly to fix.
人们经常按照错误的决策继续进行软件项目，而成本过高难于修复。
Choice is a key aspect of modern society, but too much choice is not necessarily a good thing.
选择是现代社会的重要方面，但是选择太多未必是件好事。
There are some signs of stability, but too many homes are for sale and defaults are rising fast.
虽然有一些稳定的迹象，但是太多的房屋还在待售，同时违约率飞涨。
The antitrust response is to say the problem is not too much competition but too little regulation.
反垄断者认为问题不在于更多的竞争而在于过少的监管。
Today is a gift. We have all the reasons to be excited about today, but too often we forget about it.
今天是天赐，我们有足够的理由为今天而兴奋，但是却常常被我们忘却。
Putting routine derivatives on exchanges makes sense, but too many restrictions might sacrifice liquidity.
将一般的衍生品放到交易所可以理解，但是太多的限制则有损流动性。
It affects those with enough calories to eat but too few micronutrients (vitamins, minerals and so on).
能够补充足够热能但摄入的微量营养物质(维生素和矿物质等)不足的人也会受到影响。
GPS is accurate to within about 15 feet (five metres); fine for navigating a car but too imprecise for pedestrians.
GPS的精度为15英尺(相当于5米)；这对于汽车导航来说是足够了，但是对于定位行人来说就太不精确了。
Shirley: You don't know that, if the balcony faces north, it will get cool in the summer, but too cold in the winter.
雪莉：你不知道啊，如果阳台朝北，夏天凉爽，但是冬天很冷啊。
Thyroid hormones control your metabolism, but too much or too little can disrupt the normal chatter between brain cells.
甲状腺素用于控制你的新陈代谢，如果太多或太少就会阻碍你脑细胞之间正常的沟通。
Similarly prudence is a highly admirable character strength, but too much prudence can lead to a boring and isolated life.
与此类似的，谨慎也是个极好的性格优势，但是过于谨慎会导致无聊和与世隔绝的生活。
This new Bundeswehr posture is still too timid for Washington's taste, but too bold for many German parliamentarians and voters.
在华盛顿看来，联邦国防军的这种新姿态仍显谨慎，但对于许多德国议员和选民来说，此举已经过于冲动了。
It's also quite common to find candidates whose reading is good but too slow, and that will affect their marks in the reading test.
还有很常见的一个是，考生阅读能力不错，但速度太慢，而这会影响他们在阅读考试中的成绩。
It is common wisdom that we learn from our mistakes, but too many managers seem to forget this and try to assign blame when things go wrong.
从失败中学习，这是句老掉牙的话，但是太多的管理者好似忘了它，而且在事情做错时总是习惯责骂。
Magic tricks, card games and other "interactive" gimmicks can work, but too many of them detract from what the speaker is trying to get across to the audience.
魔术、扑克牌，还有其他五花八门的打着“互动”旗号的噱头，弄了太多这些东西，一定会削弱讲者要传达给听众的实质内容。
The market for jumbo loans, which are safe but too large for Fannie or Freddie to guarantee, ground to a halt last week, although conditions have eased a bit since.
巨额贷款市场，即那种虽然安全，但是数额太大，Fannie或Freddie不予担保，上周已经陷于停顿，虽然市场情况从那时起已经有了一些好转。
Politicians often say that they want a sensible debate about immigration; but too often they pander to voters’ fears of immigrants rather than attempting to allay them.
政客们常说希望就移民话题展开一场合理的辩论；但太多时候，他们选择迎合选民害怕移民的心理，而非试图平息这种心理。
He's a great scorer, and one of the best late-game options in the league, but too many people reflexively put him top 5-10 in the league, when top 20-25 is more accurate.
他的得分能力很不错，也是联盟中最后一投的最佳人选之一，但是太多的人将他摆在了最佳的前5 - 10的位置，其实20 - 25这样子更准确些。
Of course, without some greenhouse warming, the earth would be a cold, dead place, but too much CO2 accelerates the effect and could make the earth too hot to be habitable.
当然，没有一定的升温过程，地球就会变成死寒之地，但是过多的二氧化碳加快了升温的步伐，从而导致地球过热而不适合生命居住。
Asking for ideas is fine if done correctly (hint: it helps to ask the right questions), but too often what companies get is a welter of impractical Suggestions that just clutter up the system.
如果运作得当(提示：提出正确的问题确实大有裨益)，问计于民不失为可行之道。但实际上，很多公司得到的创意往往是一团乱麻，根本不切实际，只会搅乱现有的体系。
For example, they may force you to edit manually all pages just to redesign the navigation — a mere annoyance if you manage fewer than two dozen pages, but too much work for more extensive sites.
例如，它们可能会强迫您手工编辑所有页面而只是为了重新设计一下导航-如果管理数量在二十几个以下的页面，这样做只是麻烦一些，但对于数量更多的站点，就要做太多工作了。
It can be a useful tool for showing graphs or visual AIDS to complement important points, but too many people make it the focus of their presentations, in place of themselves and their actual message.
幻灯片在图表展示或视觉辅助方面十分好用，可以对重点起到补充作用。但很多人使幻灯片成了演讲的中心，而非演讲者本人和传递的信息。
But too much of it gives vino a harsh "green" taste that clashes with other flavors.
不过过多的苹果酸使红酒有涩口的“草青味”，与其他味道冲突。
But too much of a good thing isn't the only problem with contact management programs today.
过犹不及不仅仅只是目前联系人管理程序的唯一问题。
But too much of a good thing isn't the only problem with contact management programs today.
过犹不及不仅仅只是目前联系人管理程序的唯一问题。
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