Whether Gadamer means that when he speaks of gap or whether he simply means an abyss or a distance to be crossed I couldn't say.

当葛达玛说到间隙时是那个意思,还是仅仅认为它是需要跨越的一个深渊或者一段距离,我不能确定。

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Let's say Pavarotti at the end of his life couldn't hold notes as long as he could when he was recording in nineteen seventy-eight.

比方说，在帕瓦罗蒂的晚年，他不能像在1978年那样,拖很长的音的时候。

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Paul Vance, a spokesman for the Connecticut State Police, said officers didn't fire their weapons after arriving at the campus, but he couldn't say with certainty how the alleged gunman was killed.

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Demand was so unpredictable that he couldn't say what the summer quarter would bring.

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Citigroup's Thill says the financial sector meltdown likely will negatively impact Oracle's future earnings, but he couldn't say how much.

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