So you see that because of the way we perceive quantities, as the war drags on, the number of soldiers committed to it and the casualties will increase not linearly -- like 10,000, 11,000, 12,000 -- but exponentially -- 10,000, later 20,000, later 40,000.
因此你们会看到由于我们对数字的感觉是相对的， 随着战争的延续， 参战士兵的数量及伤亡人数 将不会线性地增加， 例如从10000到11000再到12000， 而是呈指数增加的——起先是10000，之后是20000，再后来就成了40000。