When he says that his way of life has been private, he means that he has pursued a policy of, let's call it "the principled abstinence " from public life."

当他提到自己的生活方式是私密的时候，他所提的是他追求一种策略，我们可以称之为，“原则性疏离,公共生活“

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And what we are going to do over the next couple of month is expand on these-- most importantly, see how we can take the research, the rigor and apply it to our lives.

我们将在未来两个月,扩展这些前提-,最重要的是如何将研究，原则运用于生活。

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