Crucially, at each level down in the cascade the virtual homunculi become a bit less clever, to a point where all it needs to do is, say, pick the larger of two numbers.

这过程关键在于，在这串联在每较低层次子系统中，虚拟侏儒会渐渐地变不再么聪明，直至到达这样点为止。在这点上，需侏儒来做全部事情就是在两数字中选出较大。

Well, Nissan has finally got its act together in the U.S., and I think part of the problem was also that their version of the hybrid, it's called e-Power, it's a series hybrid.

好吧， 日产终于在美国整顿好了局面，我认为问题部分也在于他们版本混动系统，叫做e-Power， 是种串联式混动。