你能否定义一下此次争端的性质？

Can you characterize the nature of this dispute?

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我们不能否定历史。毕竟我们都是中国人。

We cannot deny history. After all, we are all Chinese.

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你可以对她多愁善感和精神上的傲慢表示不屑，但是你不能否定她的勇气。

You could roll your eyes at her maudlin excesses and her spiritual imperiousness, but you couldn't deny her clout, or her courage.

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And that's the kind of instinct I'd like you to get into thinking about. So the answer here is no.

所以答案是否定的,好的，那我们能在线性时间内排序么？

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Because it allows you to very softly express a dislike about a suggested action.

因为这个句型能让你以一种委婉温柔的方式表达对某一提议的否定。

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Now that you have the ability to ask yes or no questions, you wanna be able to branch or fork in the road based on those answers.

你现在能问一些肯定或者否定的问题，根据结果,你就能进行选择了。

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