It could have been the "I-don 't-want-to-explain-this," variety of lie, or the "Ambushed! Play dumb!" variety or it could have been true.

可能是“我不想解释这个”之类的借口，或者是“装傻”，也或者可能就是真的。

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If you don "t know when you will be back, explain this and the reason why you don" t know.

如果你不知道什么时候回来上班，那就明确说明，并解释不能确定的原因。

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No. Let me explain. No, you don 't understand!

不我解释一下不你们不明白！

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Some of Miss Simone's versions also became popular, like this song, "Don't Explain."

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I'm defending, I'm defending the physicalist by saying, "Don't blame us. We don't know how to explain it yet."

说我在辩护,当我给物理主义者辩护时我会说,别怪我们,我们还不知道怎么解释呢

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Why aren't I allowing the soul theory to say, "Don't blame us. We don't know how to explain it yet."

而又为什么不允许灵魂理论说,别责怪我们,我们只是还不知道怎么去解释

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First off, genes don't explain all or even most of the differences in how patients respond to drugs.

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The Dardenne brothers shoot small films, in their native Belgium, on modest budgets, and they don't explain, they show.

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So you should be wise enough to know that if you don't explain what you are doing, people will mistrust you.

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