You're avoiding the question because you know the answer is you don't know, but that's ok. Admitting you don't know is perfectly fine.

因为你知道答案是你不知道，你正在避免回答这个问题，但这样也好，承认你不知道非常好。

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I am avoiding the question of how I feel, how I have changed my mind and then changed it back again, how guilt has been a constant companion.

我回避这样的问题：我的感觉怎样、我是怎样一再改变主意，还有一直挥之不去的负疚感。

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You are avoiding my last question, Snape. Harry Potter. You could have killed him at any point in the past five years. You have not done it. Why?

你在回避我的最后一个问题，斯内普·哈利·波特。在过去的五年里，你随时都能把他置于死地。你却没有动手，为什么？

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Mitt Romney, likewise, gets an F for avoiding the question and another F for missing a golden opportunity to make an important principled point about the role of government when it comes to price matters.

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If you question the effectiveness of avoiding mistakes then consider this: if your portfolio loses 50%, you need to earn 100% just to break even.

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