He gave a smart answer to that question.

他巧妙地回答了那个问题。

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You're a smart person who's read this series so you know you've only got 30 seconds to answer him in such a powerful way, he is compelled to invite you to his office to continue the conversation.

你是读过这个系列文章的聪明人，所以你明白你只有30秒钟以最有力的方式来回答他的问题，使他不得不邀请你去他的办公室将这个谈话继续下去。

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A lot of advice is given for the sake of making the adviser feel smart and valuable rather than with the purpose of finding the best possible answer to the problem.

很多建议都是用来让说者感觉自己聪明和重要，而不是为问题找到最好的解决办法。

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"I was always one of these kids who had the smart back-answer in school - a right hard-faced, cheeky young man, " he told Roy Plomley on a 1972 edition of Desert Island Discs.

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The update to Google's search application for the iPhone, which Apple will release through its App Store software distribution service for the smart phone, will allow users to ask a question and get an answer from the Mountain View, Calif.

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