There were various views about what constitutes it, but there was agreement that such an essence exists—that is to say, that there is something by virtue of which man is man.

关于它是由什么构成的，人们有各种不同的看法，但大家一致认为，有这样一种本质是存在的，也就是说，有一种东西可以作为人就是人的依据。

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The article is so poorly-organized that I don't know what to say after reading it.

这篇文章条理不清， 使人看了不知所云。

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The objection basically says: What does it mean to say that somebody's died?

这个反对意见基本上是说：一个人的死亡代表着什么意义？

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Or,what better way is there to sell gasoline than to say that using it is like putting a tiger in your tank.

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We've got to figure out somehow how it is that consciousness is never completely uninhibited, never completely does and says what it wants to say.

我们无论如何都应找出,为什么意识永远不能完全不受拘束，永远不能完全表达它想表达的东西。

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We are, in other words, attempting to grasp it in a sentence that might read something like, "What the author means to say is--" Right?

换言之，我们在尝试着在这样一句话中掌握它，作者想说的是--，是吧？

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Make absolutely certain that it says what you want it to say, that there are no grey areas, and that there are no loopholes by which you can get burnt.

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Not exactly sure what Best Buy is planning this year or what it is that they have to say, but whatever it is, they feel like this is a good year to be back on air.

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Giles Peak, consultant surgeon at Glenfield, said he was pleased with the decision but that it was too soon to say what it would mean.

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