That first entry was the hardest. I remember writing a short and rather largely printed statement that simply stated when he passed and how I felt.

正如万事开头难，我记得仅写几句简短的、相当大部分是印刷体的声明，简单表明它离去的时间和我的感受。

youdao

He simply stated that his goal was to publish their third book and to make them loyal authors in the future.

他说他的目标就是能出版这些人的第三本书，然后把他们变成忠实的作者。

youdao

"Has anyone in this class seen God?" When nobody spoke for the hird time, he simply stated, "Then there is no God."

“班上有谁看见过上帝吗？”当第三次还是没有人说话时，教授就说：“所以，上帝是不存在的。”

youdao

He stated simply that a recession is when your neighbor loses his job, and a depression is when you lose yours.

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He simply stated just throwing it out there, and told me that all he could garuntee it for is one year which is the manufactures waranty.

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Even then, Goel stated that he did not feel that Rajaratnam was looking for anything (information) in return, but was simply acting as a friend.

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