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基本解釋

What is the next thing to be done?
其次要做的事是什么?
《新英漢大辭典》
What is the basis of [for] your opinion?
你這樣看的根據(jù)是什么?
《新英漢大辭典》
Observe what is best and to strive to universalize these qualities.
觀察什么是最好的，然后努力使這些特質(zhì)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(gè)去，這貨說的是啥？，其實(shí)康德將,“合目的性“和“目的性“做了比較，什么比較呢？
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)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(diǎn)，你們要去掉不真實(shí)的，除了這點(diǎn)還有膨脹的，過量的和裝飾的。
耶魯公開課 - 現(xiàn)代詩歌課程節(jié)選

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