Sometimes that standard is quite difficult, if not impossible, to achieve.

有时那个标准，即使并非不可能，也是很难达到的。

That lack of curiosity produces a relative lack of knowledge, and the lack of knowledge is difficult if not impossible to compensate for later on.

好奇心的缺乏导致了相应知识不足，而知识的缺乏即便可以弥补，但真正做到也是很难的。

But this is difficult, if not impossible.

但是这几乎是不可能达成的目的，很困难。

But reining it in will be hard, if not impossible.

然而即使这并非是不可能，但要掌控它将是困难的。

It is extremely hard if not impossible to get intimate with the subject.

要和被摄对象变得亲近几乎是不可能的。

This is a passive approach and is difficult, if not impossible, to react to errors.

这是一种被动式方法，并且很难(如果不是不可能的话)对错误作出反应。

His opponents said he had made it hard, if not impossible, for them to compete properly.

他的竞争对手表示，Kagame让他们就算不是不可能，也是很难与他旗鼓相当地竞争。

With a traditional solution, sorting might be difficult, if not impossible in some cases.

使用传统解决方案时，排序可能很难，虽然在某些情况下并非不可能。

This kind of interactivity is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve using bitmaps alone.

仅使用位图很难实现这种类型的交互性，甚至不可能实现。

This makes generically identifying object and class structures difficult, if not impossible.

这可能会使标识对象和类结构变得很困难。

Iran, by the by, still eggs Hamas on to make negotiations with Israel difficult if not impossible.

顺便说一下，伊朗仍在支持哈马斯，在可能情况下，将使哈马斯同以色列之间的谈判更加困难。

Fundamentally, he believes that creating impregnable tickets is extremely difficult, if not impossible.

从根本上，他相信，创造出坚不可摧的彩票是极其困难的，如果不是不可能的话。

It was difficult, if not impossible, to embed a spreadsheet table or chart inside of a text document.

即使可能，要想在一个文本文件中嵌入电子表格或者图表也是相当困难的。

Clearly an algorithmic approach will find it difficult if not impossible to keep up with fashion trends.

很明显，运算方法将很难或者不可能跟上时尚趋势。

First, it is difficult, if not impossible, to prove feelings of love in another individual, even a human.

首先，如果不是没办法，那就是很难去证明另外一个个体——即便是另一个人的爱情感受。

While it might be easy to change the software, changing the hardware is often difficult, if not impossible.

相对于硬件来说，改变软件更加的容易。

If the markets behavior were truly random, then it would be difficult if not impossible to create consistency.

如果市场的行为真的是随机的，那么产生持续一致性真的很难。

Indeed, important military shifts have already been set in motion that will be difficult if not impossible to reverse.

确实，军事上的重要改变已经在发生，要逆转这样的趋势，如果不是不可能的话，起码也是很困难的。

There are some solutions to this problem, but ultimately it is very difficult if not impossible to solve completely.

虽然有一些解决方案可以用来解决这个问题，但是最终会非常棘手，不然的话是不能完全解决问题。

Funding can be unpredictable, short-lived, or inflexible, making it difficult, if not impossible, to launch long-term plans.

供资不可预测、短暂，或不灵活，因此即使不是不可能，至少也很难启动长期计划。

To developers like ourselves, it makes legacy reuse harder, if not impossible without significantly modifying the RPG code.

对像我们这样的开发人员，如果不能修改RPG代码，将很难进行遗留的重用。

Success is less due to an individual's effort, and measurement of individual effort becomes more complex, if not impossible.

成功对个人努力的依赖降低了，而衡量个人努力即使有可能，也变得更加复杂。

Such fruitful results would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve without the speed enabled by agile development processes.

如果没有敏捷开发流程提供的速度，这样丰硕的成果将很难或不可能实现。

After 100 years and thousands of patents, it is difficult, if not impossible, to come up with a short list of IBM s top patents.

经过100年，每年有数千项专利，要列出一个IBM的“顶级”专利清单是非常困难。

It is hard, if not impossible, to imagine exactly what it would be - such is the nature of paradigm shifts, they cannot be predicted.

准确地设想，即使并非不可能，也是很困难的——这就是范型变化的自然特性，它们无法被预测。

Business environments, like ecosystems, can be fragile-and once lost, competitive advantage can be hard, if not impossible, to regain.

商业环境和生态环境一样很脆弱，一旦失去竞争优势，即使不是完全不可能，但也很难重新获得。

Negotiating a new treaty would be arduous, if not impossible. Instead America is promoting a more informal consensus-building approach.

即使各国可能通过谈判达成新协议，其过程必然艰巨无比，故美国代之以推动各方达成更非正式的建立共识的态度。

Whereas plastic composite materials can also provide great strength and lightness, they can be difficult if not impossible to recycle.

虽然塑料复合材料也能提供高强度，轻巧的部件，但塑料复合材料几乎很难回收利用。

Predicting the return on the stock market over a few years is difficult if not impossible, but predicting it over the long term is easier.

即使可能，预测几年内的股市盈利是有困难的，但是预测长线回报则简单一些。