He makes a perfectly plausible argument to the effect that the question is grammatical rather than rhetorical.

他提出了一个貌似非常可信的论据,大意是说这个问句是语法型的，而不是修辞型的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

It would have been a perfect symmetry because last time we quoted Paul Ricoeur to the effect that these authors, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud, were--and this is Ricoeur's word--"masters."

这里其实是很平衡的,因为上次我们提到保罗，里克尔的时候大意是说这些作者，包括马克思，尼采和弗洛伊德，按里克尔的说法，都是大师“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

One of the things we are taught is a verse of Koran, in English it's as "all you who believe, fasting has been prescribed for you as was prescribed for those before you."

在《可兰经》里有一句诗是，大意是，虔诚的人们啊，斋戒不仅是你需要做的,也是你的前人所需要做的“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The idea is, he's going to tell us certain facts that need explaining, and the best explanation involves a certain fact about recollecting, or a certain claim about recollecting or remembering.

大意是,他要,告诉我们一些需要解释的现象,以及对其最好的解释,这包括一些回忆的例子,或者一些有关回忆的说法

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

This is the English translation because the poem is in Latin: Because you loved the blush of modesty and a stainless youth and because you did not taste the delight of the marriage-bed, lo! the rewards of virginity are reserved for you.

诗是用拉丁文写的，这是英文翻译：,诗歌大意：，你爱羞怯的脸红和无瑕的青春,未品尝过婚床上的欢愉，瞧！，你将因这贞洁获得奖赏。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But he is a thoroughly unreflective one.

但他绝对是粗心大意的人。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选