If there is something unexplained, he pursues it, trying to provide an answer, if not the answer.

如果有某件事无法解释，他就会追查下去，如果没有答案就设法给出一个答案。

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If it's not a potluck, where everyone brings a dish, the host will possibly answer, "No, just yourself."

如果不是每人带一道菜的聚餐，主人很可能会回答：“不用，人来了就行。”

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If the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.

如果答案或证据表明他们只为自己的名声服务，那他们可能是名人，却不是英雄。

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"If he's not able to answer convincingly and clearly the evidence which is mounting in these cases, how's he going to be able to discipline and change anything."

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The answer lies in, if only we could know is that the same hunk of stuff or not.

要知道答案，我们就要,我们就要知道是不是同一块东西。

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You might think the answer to that is no if we are physicalists but in fact it's not so clear the answer is no.

如果我们是物理主义者你可能认为,人不可能肉体不死,但其实答案没有那么明确。

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Had there not been other cases to consider, Babar Ahmad may have got swifter justice, even if was not the answer he hoped for.

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We are not taking the threat seriously if we do not answer basic questions about it and if we do not take the time to speak clearly and precisely when articulating it.

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If the answer is not forthcoming, clenching and releasing is repeated until the answer either pops into their head or they give up and reach for Google.

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