After years of observing human nature, I have decided that two qualities make the difference between men of great achievement and men of average performance—curiosity and discontent.

经过多年对人性的观察，我认为有两种品质决定了伟人和普通人之间的区别——好奇心和不满足。

One of the first features of language a child learns well is to control the rise and fall of the voice to make the difference between stating and questioning.

孩子学好语言的第一个特征就是控制声音的升降，从而区分陈述和疑问。

Your deeds make the difference!

但你的行动就完全不同！

But the campers make the difference.

但是这里的露营者不同于其它地方的露营者。

He's one of the players who can make the difference.

他是能为比赛带来改变的球员之一。

He can make the difference for England in South Africa.

他对在南非的这支英格兰队有着重大的影响。

Slowly you could feel that we could make the difference.

慢慢地你能感觉我们逐渐地改变了比赛。

Sometimes it's how we approach the tasks of our jobs that make the difference.

有时候只是我们完成工作任务的方法不同而已。

Keeping your head may make the difference between life and death. 2 When fire breaks out.

当发生火灾时，保持头脑冷静，而不是向安全出口拥堵，能够带来生与死的不同结果。

Effective governance will make the difference between ending up with a tangle of services.

有效的治理将会理清混乱不堪的服务。

Proper planning and strategy can often make the difference between lasting value and fast failure.

正确的计划和策略通常能够导致最终的价值和快速失败之间巨大的差别。

Live by a higher standard and pay attention to the details that really do make the difference.

高标准严格自己，把注意力集中在那些将会改变一切的细节上。

This sounds trivial but it can make the difference between a commercial and a non-commercial process.

听起来没什么了不起，但这却能决定一个反应过程能否进行商业化生产。

And that could make the difference between your plant running nice and smoothly or your plant exploding.

这会引起差别导致，你的工厂良性运行，或者发生爆炸。

But in a health care facility, it can make the difference between life and death for patient and doctor.

但是在医疗机构里，它可能是关系病人生死的大事。

Raising the retirement age by a year or two can make the difference between the solvency and insolvency of pensions.

退休年龄提高一到两岁能够区别养老金的可以支付以及无力偿还。

The report says this can make the difference between life and death for mother and child if complications arise.

该报告说，如果出现并发症，这可造成生死悠关的后果。

For farmers, that can make the difference between crop failure and a bumper crop of more than 1, 000 tons of wheat.

对农民而言，这使得作物歉收的形势转变成了1000吨小麦的大丰收。

EMAs make the difference between students being able to attend college and complete their course or being priced out.

教育津贴在学生能否进入大学并完成学业或者是被踢出局这个问题上，它的作用是举足轻重的。

If we don't adopt a proactive mindset, no amount of perfect guys will make the difference, because you won't meet them!

如果我们不采取积极的态度，无论那里有多少优秀的男人都无济于事，因为他们不认识你。

Unlike Super Tuesday, Obama will have time to focus on specific states and his campaign skills will make the difference.

不同于超级星期二，奥巴马有足够的时间将精力投入到特定的州中去，他的竞选技巧将会有用武之地。

After all, if you want to become fit, it's the small regular moments of exercise that make the difference in the long run.

毕竟，如果说你想要变得健康，那么你需要一些有规律的小锻炼，长期坚持才能显现出效果。

Once a paper is complete a standardized review process can make the difference between an average essay and a great essay.

论文在完成的时候，标准化的复查处理过程能辨别出文章的优劣。

An injection of oxytocin immediately after delivery can stop the bleeding and can make the difference between life and death.

如果分娩后立即注射催产素可止住出血，决定生死。

But do more than that: Retaining even one key tip from this column could make the difference between a small "oops" and a major catastrophe.

但是您要做的不仅是如此：即使仅保留本专栏中的一个重要技巧，也可能会产生轻微失误和重大灾难之间的天壤之别。

They can make the difference between a successful data warehouse and a "data garbage dump," where gigabytes of data are stored but unusable.

这就区分了成功的数据仓库和“数据垃圾堆”，那里存储着大量的无用数据。

The paperless office shows how a sociological shift can make the difference: although the technology did not change very much, its users did.

无纸化办公显示出社会变迁的力量，技术本身没有变化，它的使用者改变了。

A few discussions, a few exchanges of ideas and a little tweaking here and there can make the difference between a satisfied client and one who is not!

做一些讨论、构思的交换和到处的一些小调整会在满意的客户和不满意的客户之间产生差别。

Small business owners are often quick to throw money at flatlining growth, thinking that more marketing and more advertising will make the difference.

小型商业业主通常把资金投到平缓增长的项目上，他们认为较多的市场营销及较多的广告将会使之有所不同。