我想，他们被告知了不要回答问题。

I think they have been told not to answer questions.

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我如实地回答了他们的所有问题。

I answered all their questions truthfully.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

回答我这个问题：他们怎么知道我们在这儿？

Answer me this: how did they know we were here?

《牛津词典》

The reason I should pick on the SOM people, is their ambition in life is to run a monopoly, right.

我为什么要找管理学院的人回答呢,因为他们人生最大追求就是要搞垄断

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For instance, when I asked their major, they answered "course 2." Could you tell us about that?

例如，我问他们的专业，他们回答“课程2”，你能给我们解释一下吗？

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There I am not ashamed to speak with them and to ask them the reasons for their actions and they, in their humanity, reply to me.

在那儿，我不会羞于与他们对话,及询问关于他们行为的原因,而他们总是慈爱地回答我。

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