许多文化人只是机械地模仿一套听上去令人印象深刻的说辞。

Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.

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但是不要机械地模仿他们的准确措辞。

But don't just parrot their exact wording.

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她在机械地模仿克林顿几十年前为自己撒谎和有外遇的丈夫辩护时采用的措辞。

She's parroting the arguments Clinton used decades ago to defend her own cheating and lying spouse.

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