critical section

基本解释

Let the critical section of code complete its job.
使代码的关键部分完成其工作。
A critical section is a portion of code that is protected against multiple access.
一个临界段是一段不允许多路访问的受保护的代码。
If only a reader has the lock, then multiple readers are permitted in the critical section.
如果一个执行读操作的线程持有此锁，那么多个读线程都可以进入临界段。

We'll think about it in section, how you don't need to vaccinate everybody, but you just need to vaccinate a critical number in order to stop the disease from progressing through a community.
我们在讨论会上讲这个,为什么不需要给每个人都接种,但你只需要让接种人数达到一个临界值,就能阻止这个疾病在社会中传播
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