They end up embracing a differe nt error: stating the obvious.

他们最终接受了一个不同的错误：陈述明显的错误。

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I may be stating the obvious but without more money the project cannot survive.

我这话可能多余，但是不投入更多资金，项目就难以为继。

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It sounds like too obvious even to be worth stating in class, so let me now try and shake your faith a little bit in this answer.

这个道理太很明了甚至不值得讨论,那我们来看看到底是不是这样的

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So stating the obvious, I will make the observation that there will be some inflation in our future.

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