“With the first subject, after about 20 hours of training, his digit span had risen from 7 to 20, ” Ericsson recalls.

" 在经过大约 20小时的训练之后，第验对象（复述）的数字跨度从 7上升到 20，" 埃里克森回忆说。

And in the age of diminishing attention spans, it’s timely entertainment.

在注意力持续时间越来越短的时代，是种及时的娱乐。

The ceremony spanned eight hours and was divided into three parts.

次仪式长达8小时，分为三部分。

They're mindful that its effects will span generations.

他们知道自己的事业将会影响几代人。

Her remarkable career spans seven decades.

她卓越的职业生涯长达七十年。

Dragonflies and swallows and nighthawks seine the air where the minute winged creatures flit out their minute life spans.

蜻蜓、燕子和夜鹰在天空中像围网似地捕食，而极小的有动物在空中轻快地飞来飞去，顷刻间其想暂的生命便结束了。

And here Mr Cameron's flickering attention span, and reliance on a small coterie of friends to do his bidding, are a problem.

而在点上，卡梅隆未能集中表现，并且很难依赖小群朋友以期赢得选举。

It's why we strive, always to extend our impact beyond the borders of our campus to the communities we serve, and to the frontiers of human knowledge that now span galaxies.

就是为什么我们总是努力将自己的影响力扩展到所服务的社区，以及人类跨越星系的前沿认知的原因。

How could a buzzer-beater better beat a buzzer than with a heave hove free throw for three though that span the court of court to court, a game- winning, claim-winning, fame-winning shot for the super fresh freshman who sank the shot.

记绝杀是如何扭转战局的呢？只用了飞越场的长，记为他们赢得了比赛，赢得了资格，赢得了荣誉，就只是因为新人中了记绝杀。

Each individual life does not span its potential.

每生命都逃不出命运的掌控。

But it does take old methods and bridge them with new technology so we'll see if it " spans" the test of time.

但它确实采用了旧的方法，并将它们与新技术结合起来，因此我们将看到它是否" 跨越" 了时间的考验。

Yeah. So what's their wing span then?

嗯，它们的展有多长？

They took home a jaw-dropping 10 national championships during a 12-year span.

他们在12年的时间里拿下了十令人瞠目结舌的全国冠军。

Today it still rates among the top ten longest bridge spans in existence.

直到今天，该桥仍是世界现存大桥中排行前十长的大桥。

She does have a short attention span. So, I can't go.

她的注意广度确实比较短。所以说我不能去。

And that was the goal of this user interface. To make it span the range.

而就是用户界面的目标。覆盖所有范围。

I reflected, while I chatted with the woman I had been asked to " take in, " that civilised man practises a strange ingenuity in wasting on tedious exercises the brief span of his life.

我边和位叫我" 陪同" 的女客随便闲谈，边思忖：文明社会样消磨自己的心智，把短促的生命浪费在无聊的应酬上实在令人莫解。

That's about right for most people's attention spans.

对大多数人的注意力持续时间来说是合适的。

I came back, burned out and tired, as though I had lived 10 lifetimes in the short span of 14 months, the 14 months I was in the war.

回来时，我筋疲力尽，疲惫不堪，仿佛在短短的 14 月中，那些我在战争中度过的 14 月中，我已经活了 10 辈子。

Not just when there's an election, not just when your own narrow interest is at stake, but over the full span of a lifetime.

你的参与不应仅限于选举，不应仅限于影响你切身利益的事情，你的参与应该贯穿你的生。