我们对教育的定义很宽泛，学生们可以研究它对社会任何一面的影响。

We define education very broadly and students can study any aspect of its consequences for society.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

首先，我们的研究目标是试图给出定义。

First, the object of our study pleads for definition.

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在早期的研究中，幸福被定义为感觉良好。

Happiness was defined, as in the earlier study, by feeling good.

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I worked on specifically, I looked at -and this is also the reason why it's difficult to say what is a just university, because we didn't just look at Princeton, we didn't just look at Ivy League Schools or at least private institutions.

我专门研究的是,顺便，这也是为什么,为公正的大学下定义很难得原因，因为我们研究的不仅仅是普林斯顿大学，也不仅仅是常青藤学校,至少不是私人学校。

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Well--again, we gonna be careful about refining this, just like we all agreed, I suppose, that you can have the very same body even though somebody--the parts come and go, items get added, other items get knocked off.

我们得仔细研究如何对其定义,我们都认可了，先这么假设,即使肉体的某些部位丢失或新增,原来的肉体还是不变，肉体的某些部分可能新增可能丢失。

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