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？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

You know, frankly, when it comes down to it, people want to give money and get something in return.

坦率地说，归根结底一句话，人们在有所投入的时候也是期待有所回报的。

不平等的赞助入学 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And I'll say "how are you" and you say something to the effect that if I could afford a latte in this world, I'm doing well.

我问您最近怎么样，您有一次,说了一句话，大致意思是，如果我能,享受得起一杯拿铁，那一切就还好。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He says--and here's that Yeatsian word "all" again--he says: When I try to put all into a phrase I say, "Man can embody truth but he cannot know it."

他说，又是他涵盖一切的词：,当我想用一句话概括时，我说，人可以表现他不理解的真理“

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

So, we say, say something.

我说一句话。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Not necessarily thinking about getting down every word that I say on paper, remembering everything, memorizing everything.

而不是忙于记录我说的每一个字，记住每一个词，背诵每一句话。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Sabbath Lily The first quotation from Sabbath Lily of course focuses on the eyes, and it is not hard to read into Haze Motes's name that the trope of sight is going to be important.

第一句话来自,说的当然是关于眼睛，通过看Haze，Motes的名字,不难发现,在视线上的修辞将会很重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

If you're not taking notes in this lecture, you have to write down at least one sentence. You must write this down because this will be the most important thing I say all morning: Milton's Paradise Lost is the first narrative poem in English that didn't rhyme.

就算你们这堂课不记笔记，也一定要记下至少一句话，一定要把这记下来,这是我一早上说的最重要的一句话了：,弥尔顿的《失乐园》是,第一首不押韵的英语叙事诗。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

They would sit around the fire and hang out for two, three hours without saying a word.

他们围坐在篝火边两三个小时，一句话也没说。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

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。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选