他们不能回答那个问题。
但却不能回答下面的问题：现代人是否曾经或不止一次地离开他们的非洲故土？
What it does not help answer is the question of whether modern humans left their African homeland once or many times.
但他们是警察啊，他们的问题不能不回答。
But these were police officers, and their questions could not be avoided.
可讽刺的是，假如那些顾客不直如何明确回答这个问题，并且咨询公司又让顾客们失望了，那他们就不能证明自己值得这么做。
Ironically, given how much grief they would give a client who failed to answer such a question precisely, the consultancies cannot prove they are.
“假定对方做了某件坏事”这部分是陈述的，这样就把问题封闭在了一个框架中，如此，他们就只能回答是或否，而不能去否定假设。
By framing the question as closed, the other person is thus expected to answer only yes or no and cannot deny the assumption.
分类学家对动植物的分类工作进行了250多年，但是，他们仍然不能准确地回答“地球上的生物有多少种？”这一问题。
Though taxonomists have been cataloguing plants and animals for more than 250 years, they still have no exact answer to the question, "How many species are on Earth?"
“一开始不能问敏感问题，你仅仅需要让他们相信回答没有对错，”盖洛普研究员理查德·博克霍德(RichardBurkholder)说。
"Nothing sensitive can be asked at first, you just work to persuade people there is no right or wrong answer," says Richard Burkholder, a Gallup researcher.
他们甚至没发现他们正在浪费多少时间和金钱，无论如何，您不能确保您得到所有的回答。
They may not even realize how much time and money they're wasting, and you cannot be sure that you have all the answers, anyway.
是的，我知道也有例外。所以有时候，我会问及他们的业务、市场营销和收入计划，其中99%都不能回答出来。
Yes, I know there are exceptions, so sometimes I will ask them about their business, marketing, and revenue plans, which 99% of them don't have.
接触这些道德问题，甚至如果他们不能清楚回答，就应该有固定的方式，但人们一般感觉完全孤立的，并且担心，他们有误解。
There are structured ways of approaching these ethical questions, even if they don't have clear cut answers, but people currently feel totally isolated, and are afraid that they are getting it wrong.
如果双方都回答是，则将宣布他们成为夫妻；否则，双方不能结婚。
If both parties say yes, they are both declared to be married; otherwise, both remain unmarried.
由于这些儿童的年龄已经不适合对婴儿使用的注视点研究方法，但他们却不能回答“某物有多少”的问题，研究者们摆出一些计数器，把它们放在一边后研究者要求这些儿童跟着他们做。
Since the children were too old for the baby-staring trick, but unable to answer the question: "How many?", researchers laid out counters, then put them away and asked the children to "do as I did".
他们到了天堂，拜见圣彼得，彼得对他们说，“对不起啊，天堂已人满为患了，所以你们需要回答一个问题，答不对就不能留在这。”
When they get there they are stopped by St. Peter, who then says, "Sorry, heaven's crowding up, so you need to answer a question correctly, or else you can't get in."
他们将对你的陈述作回应，但是你不能确定他们怎样回答。
They will reply to your statements, but you can't be sure how.
有人问，如果他们能够按时交付通常都返回回答是肯定的，即使他们是指没有或者可能，因为说什么都将意味着这意味着他们不能胜任。
Asking someone if they will be able to deliver on time will most often return the answer yes, even if they mean no or maybe, as to say anything else would mean implying that they were not competent.
结果显示，3到4岁的孩子一般不能通过这个测试，他们会回答巧克力实际的位置，而不是Maxi以为巧克力在哪。
The results showed that 3 to 4-year-olds tended to fail the test by pointing to the actual position of the chocolate rather than where Maxi thought it was.
最困难事情能预计其他人将说什么。他们将对你的陈述作回应，但是你不能确定他们怎样回答。
The most difficult thing is being able to predict what other people will say. They will reply to your statements, but you can't be sure how.
科学家们目前还不能回答这些问题，但这没有阻碍他们的寻找。
Scientists can't yet answer those questions, but that hasn't stopped them from looking.
当同学们不能正确回答问题时，我们不应该嘲笑他们。
We should not make fun of the classmates when they can not answer the questions correctly.
他说，他和他妻子一直在想法设法回答邻居们的电话，邻居们拿不定他们在苏菲两岁生日的时候能不能送中国礼物。
He says that he and his wife have been Fielding calls from other parents in the neighborhood who are worried about whether they can bring Chinese gifts to Sofie's two-year-old birthday party.
一些人会把宠物当作人一样和它们交谈，他们很高兴这些动物不能回答他们的问题，不会和他们争论。
Some people do talk to pets as if they were human beings, but they have the satisfaction of knowing that the pets cannot answer back and engage them in argument.
车主答：就是为什么你们这里买车不能送贴膜，我问他们回答说是要自己出钱买贴膜。
Owner A: That's why you can not buy a car here , send foil , I asked them they said they want their money to buy out the foil .
你可能只有一次机会来向他们展示，不要因无知或不能回答问题而搞砸。
Don't blow it by seeming ill-informed or being unable to answer questions.
当你和某个部门管理者搭档来填补其部门的职位空缺时，上面的回答是他们最经典常见的反应，或者“你就不能自己去找个人?。
This is the one of the classic responses we get when we try to partner with managers to fill their positions. Filling jobs is HR's job. "Can't you just find me someone?"the manager will say.
我会去工作然后问我们今天在做什么，他们会说：“你刚刚在游荡”。我会回答：“噢，我不能再很颓废地抽着烟走来走去了！”
I would go into work and ask what are we doing today, and they'd say: "you're just walking", and my response was: "Oh, I can't walk around anymore looking moody, smoking a cigarette! "
“我不能替你办任何事，”德伐日固执地回答，我只对我的国家和人民尽义务，我发过誓要为他们工作，反对你们。
I will do, 'Defarge doggedly rejoined,' nothing for you. My duty is to my country and the People. I am the sworn servant of both, against you.
签字的情况下，他们解释，告诉我们，作家不能过于严重，因此不值得回答。
The absence of a signature, they explain, tells us that the writer cannot be too serious and therefore does not deserve a reply.
签字的情况下，他们解释，告诉我们，作家不能过于严重，因此不值得回答。
The absence of a signature, they explain, tells us that the writer cannot be too serious and therefore does not deserve a reply.
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