I think it's, but it's more complicated, but you're basically right, basically right.

它比不可逆膨胀更复杂，但是你的观点从原则上来说是对的。

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In principle the goalie could stay in the middle.

原则上说门将也可以守在中路不动

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instead of pursuing the questions of how exactly that theory should go, notice that if we had that theory ... we could still evaluate in principle-- whatever the practical difficulties might be-- in principle we could still evaluate rival lives.

我们不去研究,那种理论如何发挥作用，即便我们有那种理论,原则上我们仍然可以-,不管实际困难是什么-,原则上我们仍然可以评价其他生活。

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