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基本解释

What is the next thing to be done?
其次要做的事是什麽?
《新英漢大辤典》
What is the basis of [for] your opinion?
你這樣看的根據是什麽?
《新英漢大辤典》
Observe what is best and to strive to universalize these qualities.
觀察什麽是最好的，然後努力使這些特質得以普遍化。

The students examine an issue, review what is already known, think about what they have learned and come to some conclusion.
You say, "Whoa, what is this?" Kant makes a distinction between the purposive and the purposeful. What is the distinction?
我咧個去，這貨說的是啥？，其實康德將,“郃目的性“和“目的性“做了比較，什麽比較呢？
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節選
To get down to it, you have to cut away what is not true, what is inflated, beside the point, excess, ornament.
更直接點，你們要去掉不真實的，除了這點還有膨脹的，過量的和裝飾的。
耶魯公開課 - 現代詩歌課程節選

What is the SEC supposed to be doing while all of this is going on?
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