The person in starting position 1 has the shortest path to the first turn.

在起始位置1的人有到第一个转弯的最短路径。

While a few others tiptoe across a short path through the Rio Grande.

而另一些人则蹑手蹑脚地穿过格兰德河的一条小路。

In computer science, we encounter many interesting problems, like finding the shortest path between two given streets in a city, or measuring the stability of a bridge.

在计算机科学中，我们会遇到很多有趣的问题，比如在一个城市给定的两条街道间找出最短路线，或者计算桥梁的稳固程度。

Cordoba is 286 kilometers from the capital by the shortest path.

科尔多瓦距首都 286 公里，距离最短。

The shortest path may be a curve rather than a straight line.

最短路径可能是曲线而不是直线。

So this simple process of positive feedback is surprisingly effective at finding the shortest path.

因此，这个简单的正反馈过程在寻找最短路径方面出奇地有效。

The shortest path led straight through the center of the village, and this Meriem took.

最短的路径直接穿过村子的中心， 而梅瑞姆选择了这条路径。

That's because the quickest and shortest paths to pleasure are often found in cheap, shallow, and unhealthy vices, such as junk food, drugs, porn, mindless entertainment, and so on.

这是因为通往快乐的捷径往往是在廉价、肤浅和不健康的恶习中找到的，比如垃圾食品、毒品、色情、盲目的娱乐等等。

They're attracted to a chemical at the other end and by sensing the chemical gradient they can pick the shortest path.

它们被另一端的化学物质吸引，通过感知化学梯度，它们可以选择最短路径。

Last episode, we discussed a few example classic algorithms, like sorting a list of numbers and finding the shortest path in a graph.

上一集，我们讨论了一些经典算法示例，例如对数字列表进行排序和查找图中的最短路径。

A single ant can't do much on its own, but an ant colony can solve complex problems, like building a nest and finding the shortest path to a food source.

一只蚂蚁独自做不了太多事情，但一个蚁群可以解决复杂的问题，比如筑巢和寻找到达食物来源的最短路径。