and even so, some starting data has to guessed,
既使是这样，有些开始时的资料也不得不依靠推测，
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 14 The Butterfly Effect

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

data ['detə] 词频4
n. 资料，材料;datum的复数;[计算机]数据，资料;从科学实验中提取的价值;
💡 da(打)+ta(它):打开它- 数据库 从 数据上大(da)他(ta)
"The job involves gathering and analysing data."
这项工作包括搜集和分析资料。
近义：information, intelligence, gen, info, warning
starting ['stɑ:tiŋ]
n. 出发，开始; v. 出发，启程( start的现在分词 );起动;提出（问题）;开办;
"The band is starting to get a lot of airplay."
这支乐队的歌曲已开始在电台热播。
近义：startup, bolt, activation, actuation, commencement, inception
guessed
v. 猜( guess的过去式和过去分词 ); （引出令人惊奇或激动的事）你猜; 猜对; 猜中

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and maybe that is where the rub is.
问题的症结恐怕就在这里。
they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.
汇入大海；毫无痛苦地失去了自我的存在。
But, if this world is not merely a bad joke,
如果这个世界不只是一个拙劣的恶作剧，
Since the sea covers the greater part of the earth's surface,
既然海洋覆盖着地球的大部分表面，
It seems ideal for settlement.
看起来，它很适合居住。
do in fact run out of energy in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics (whether the whole universe does so is a moot point at present).
也都会消耗完其能量（整个宇宙是否如此，目前尚有争论）。