I chatted on the phone last week with Tad Rivelle, the chief investment officer for fixed-income at TCW in Los Angeles.

上周，我在电话上与洛杉矶 TCW 的固定收益投资首席投资官 Tad Rivelle 聊天。

Many developers use a variant of testing called test-after development (TAD), whereby you write the code and then write the unit tests.

许多开发人员使用称为后测试开发（TAD）的各种测试，你首先编写代码，然后编写单元测试。

It's a tad too expensive for me.

这对我来说稍微贵了一点儿。

It was a tad confusing.

这叫人有点糊涂。

Could you turn the sound down just a tad?

你把音量调低一点儿好吗？

Tad is a very special boy.

泰德是一个非常特别的男孩。

Lucky is the nickname of Tad at the school.

“幸运”是泰德在学校的外号。

Tad has been unable to walk since he was born.

泰德自出生以来就不能走路。

The Green Oaks School called Tad to make him a volunteer.

绿橡树学校给泰德打电话，让他做志愿者。

Tad reads books to the children at the Green Oaks School once a week.

泰德每周给绿橡树学校的孩子们读一次书。

Tad Dorgan, saw the red hot dachshund sausages sold on streets.

塔德·多尔根看到了大街上卖的滚烫发红的“腊肠狗”香肠。

The consumer group admits the Toyota is a "tad dull" but its scores way ahead of rivals.

消费者群体承认这款丰田“稍显迟钝”，但它的得分遥遥领先竞争对手。

Google has introduced a nifty flight information search function that makes vacation planning a tad easier.

谷歌推出了一款灵活的航班信息搜索功能，使得度假计划变得更容易些。

At Einstein's autopsy in 1955, his brain was something of a disappointment: it turned out to be a tad smaller than the average Joe's.

在1955 年对爱因斯坦尸体的解剖中，他的大脑多少让人有些失望：它结果比一般男子的大脑还稍微小一点。

It's tad pricey but in my mind it's still a great tablet.

价格稍高但我仍然觉得它是很棒的一款平板。

He raised his chin just a 8 tad when she called him "Sir."

当她叫他“先生”的时候，那男人只是微微抬起下巴。

Choosing just one beach on Phuket proved to be a tad difficult.

要在普吉只选一个沙滩那可真有点困难。

For my own head, I’m a tad paranoid about smelly, itchy potions.

对于我自己呢，我对那些难闻的、发痒的药水有点害怕。

The exact time line is a tad uncertain, but where XML is going isn't.

准确的时间线依然不那么明确，但XML的走向却并非如此。

Sometimes it's a tad quirky; sometimes I can't get it to work at all.

有时这个产品会显得有点儿古怪，而有时我完全无法让它动起来。

Theoretical bandwidth is 11mbps, or just a tad faster than slow Ethernet.

它的理论带宽为11 Mbps，也就是说只比慢速以太网快一点儿。

That's the gist of the method, but of course, that's a tad over-simplified.

这只是该方法的要点，当然，这过于简单化了一点。

Coffee won't make you less drunk, but it will certainly make you a tad more alert.

咖啡不会让你没那么醉，不过一定会让你有点警觉。

Again, a tad derogatory-but that doesn't mean there isn't some logic there, as well.

又是个贬损的——但那不意味着它没有道理。

I was a tad annoyed at wasting money, and it is my job to keep him from being TOO minimal.

我比较讨厌浪费钱，并且，阻止他过于极简是我的任务。

When the Lincolns moved into the White House in 1861, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln was 7 years old.

当1861年林肯入住白宫的时候，他的儿子托马斯·泰德·林肯才7岁。

First, though, you need just a tad more concept and theory behind how a rule is structured.

但是，您首先需要了解一些有关规则构建的概念和理论。

All the fuss got me to thinking that the whole self-evaluation thing is maybe a tad overrated.

所有的小题大做让我觉得人们也许有点高估自我评价这个东西。

If you're like most stay at home parents your wardrobe may be a tad dated or just a bit too casual.

如果你和大部分呆在家里的父母一样，你的衣柜可能太孩子气了或者太随意了。