But Morgan knew what opening his mouth could lead to.

但摩根知道自己说出这些话所带来的后果。

Many health officials say opening up the country too soon could lead to more cases and deaths from COVID-19.

许多卫生官员表示，过早开放国家可能导致新冠肺炎确诊病例和死亡病例增加。

It was, after all, more efficient diffusion of technology that helped America open up a technological lead over the Soviet Union, which in the 1950s was producing twice as many science PhDs as its democratic adversary.

毕竟， 正是更有效的技术传播帮助美国打开了对苏联的技术领先地位，苏联在 1950 年代培养的科学博士数量是其民主对手的两倍。