For them "collapse" is not an abstraction. It has already happened.

对于他们来说，“崩溃”不是个抽象的概念，而是正在发生的事情。

youdao

So we make our plans and see the future stretching out in front of us as real as if it has already happened.

所以我们做计划，看到未来摆在我们面前就好像真的巳经发生了一样。

youdao

It might very well still be news, but the real-time coverage of that event is no longer important. It has already happened.

而在一段时间内也可以作为一般的新闻，但这个时候实时报道这个事件已经不那么重要了，它已经发生了一段时间了。

youdao

Course most bad news does not come out until 3 months after it has already happened.

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It has already happened on public television, and should happen on public radio.

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And because it has already happened, it is very believable.

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