the estimate includes a range similar to the traditional 「best case, worst case and most likely case」 estimates.

估算与传统的「最好情况，最坏情况以及最可能的情况」估算有些相似。

the worst case is not that the tests are merely irrelevant, but that they actively damage confidence.

最糟糕的情况不是这些测试毫无成效而是信心被严重伤害。

and by worst case we mean different things.

而这些情况是由不同的因素造成的。

and so you care-- you care about ultimately how much time is my algorithm gonna take to perform on that worst case running time.

因此你最终所关心的是,算法在最坏情况下需要多长的,运行时间。

i quit my job to start my business. the worst case is still that it fails, but what does that really mean for me?

辞职去创业最糟糕的情况便是创业失败，但是这对我来说又到底意味着什么呢？

or in the worst case scenario, you just go become a high schoolteacher.

最最糟糕的情况是，你可以去做一个高中老师。

with sufficient traffic the realistic worst case is that you’ll eventually be able to monetize your web site via trial and error (as long as you keep those visitors coming).

实际最糟糕的情况就是你通过无数次的错误与尝试后终于为网站积累了一定的人气并成功使之商业化。 （只有你能够保持一定的访问量就行）。

that’s the worst case scenario.

那是最糟糕的情况。

isolate the unknowns and make yourself confident you can handle the worst case scenario.

正视未知，让自己自信可以使最糟糕的情况变成一种享受。

spend time thinking about what users might do on your site and model worst case scenarios to inject into the testing process.

请多花些时间考虑用户可能在您的站点中进行哪些操作，并对最糟糕的用例场景进行模拟，以注入到测试过程中。

in this article, we assume a worst case scenario in deployment flows to make sure we have covered all requirements.

在本文中，我们假定部署流中出现了最糟糕的情况，以便能涵盖所有需求。

the worst case scenario is that i don’t help you in any way and you go back to your already awesome life.

最糟糕的情况是，我不用任何方式帮助你，而且你回到了你已经不错的生活。

now let's see what our honest worst case scenario is.

现在来看看我们的最糟糕的情况到底是什么？