I have generally assumed that what happens is that a question is written, answers are phrased for that question, and the question is then rewritten and the answers aren't updated.

我总是假设事情是这样发生的：问题写好后，针对该问题设计回答，然后问题被重写了，而回答却没有更新。

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It was a question that had fascinated him since he was a boy.

这是他自幼就着迷的问题。

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The question was a tacit admission that a mistake had indeed been made.

这个问题等于默认确实已犯了错误。

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Sometimes a person fights a battle that has been decided or keeps arguing a question that has been settled.

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Archie, of course, can't stand this because for him it's perfectly clear that a rhetorical question is a rhetorical question.

阿齐当然无法忍受，因为对他来说,很明显修辞问句就是修辞问句。

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Also, it can be a rhetorical question or a question that does not want to be answered.

当然，这也可以用在问一种修辞的问题，或一种不需要回答的问题。

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That a question is difficult, and in this case super-controversial, are certainly powerful incentives not to make judgments.

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The problem, however, is that a question like that is inherently flawed.

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It could be a word of encouragement, a helping hand, a lesson that sparked a question, that ignited a passion, and ultimately may have propelled a career.

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