Tim Harford, author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early 1980s that divided undergraduates into two groups: some were advised to set out monthly goals and study activities; others were told to plan activities and goals in much more detail, day by day.
《杂乱：无序的力量如何改变我们的生活》一书的作者蒂姆·哈福德引用了20世纪80年代初的一项研究，该研究将大学生分为两组：一组被建议制定每月目标和学习活动；另一组则被要求更详细地按天规划活动和目标。
Harford argues that inevitable distractions often render the daily to-do list ineffective, while leaving room for improvisation in such a list can reap the best results.
哈福德认为，不可避免的干扰常常使每日待办事项清单变得无效，而在这个清单中留出一定的即兴发挥空间，反而能取得最佳效果。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。