We are, in other words, attempting to grasp it in a sentence that might read something like, "What the author means to say is--" Right?

换言之，我们在尝试着在这样一句话中掌握它，作者想说的是--，是吧？

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I want to quote Martin Seligman, who talks about precisely this idea: "In the last decade psychologists have become concerned with prevention.

我想引用Martin，Seligman的话，他说过这样一句话：,“在过去的十年,心理学家关心的都是预防的问题。

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The great Robert Frost has a line about that.

伟大诗人Robert，Frost就写过这样一句话：

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