Physicist Sean Carroll has become a bit of a rock star in geek circles by attempting to answer an age-old question no scientist has been able to fully explain: What is time?

物理学家肖恩·卡罗尔(Sean Carroll)就是其中之一。他因为尝试去回答一个目前还没有科学家能够真正解释的古老问题，已经有了一点极客圈摇滚明星的感觉；这个问题就是：时间是什么？

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He had a lot to explain, and no time for more than a short meeting. Thus a lengthy briefing had to be telescoped into half an hour.

他有许多要说明的，但又没时间开长会，所以只好把一份长汇报削短成半小时的简介。

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There's no time to explain, but we need your help. Applejack's trying to make dresses!

现在没时间解释了，我们需要你的帮助，苹果嘉儿正在试着做裙子呢！

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There was no time to explain: "I was unconscious the next minute!"

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But, in that time, almost no consensus has emerged to explain the phenomenon.

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