So, it's not really a developmental ... it's not really a developmental delay in the way that it might make sense to think about certain forms of retardation.

孤独症并非发展延迟,不应当把它理解为,某种形式的发育迟缓

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We can think in terms of repetition, obviously, as the delay that sets in between an origin and an end.

我们可以想想看这里面的重复，很明显，重复性的情节将起因和结果隔开来。

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