On this account the sage feels a difficulty (as to what to do in the former case).

是以圣人犹难之。

Your time would likely be faster in the former case because you know how long you'll have to expend yourself for.

在前一种情况下，你的时间可能会过得更快一点，因为你知道需要尽全力的时间是多长。

In the former case, we keep putting off a task because it has either too boring or too difficult.

在前一种情况下， 我们总是推迟一项任务， 因为它要么太无聊， 要么太难。

In the former case the education is incidental; it is natural and important, but it is not the express reason of the association.

在前者中，教育具有偶然性，自然而又重要，但教育并不是交往的明确动机。

" She'll stay in her room until she confesses, " said Marilla grimly, remembering the success of this method in the former case.

“她会待在自己的房间里，直到她坦白，”玛瑞拉冷酷地说，想起了在前一个案例中这种方法的成功。

In the former case involuntary unemployment would be an easily remedied malady, though liable to be troublesome if it is allowed to develop.

在前一种情况下，非自愿失业将是一种容易治愈的疾病，但如果任其发展，则可能会带来麻烦。

The medical opinion with regard to his own recent and regretted decease had almost entirely obviated the idea that a murder was committed in the former case.

关于他最近令人遗憾的死亡的医学意见几乎完全排除了在前一个案件中犯下谋杀罪的想法。

In the former case the nature of the organism is such that it yields readily, when subjected to certain conditions, and all, or nearly all, the individuals become modified in the same way.

有机体的本性是这样的， 当它受到某些条件的影响时， 它很容易屈服， 并且所有或几乎所有的个体都以同样的方式发生变化。

In the limit where investment falls off to zero, employment will decline by about 4 per cent in the former case, whereas in the latter case it will decline by 44 per cent.

在投资下降为零的限度内，前者的就业率将下降约 4%，而后者的就业率将下降 44%。