Try to paraphrase the question before you answer it.

先试解释一下问题再作回答。

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That was the question; but he did not know how to answer it.

那就是问题所在；可是他却不知道怎样回答。

youdao

youdao

And it is not for me to set myself up as the one person able to answer it.

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Yeah, when the power goes out, or- so let me not answer it quite so facetiously.

有没有某一点程序会退出呢？,对，停电的时候。

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Big question. I hope I have time to answer it.

大哉问，我希望我有时间可以加以回答。

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The only way I can answer it is to reference my own youth coaching experience.

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Mitt Romney oddly asked himself a direct question and then refused to answer it.

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Show me the critical response that did not just evade the logical argument rather than answer it.

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