I was only trying to explain; I didn't want to sound patronizing.

我只是想解释一下而已，绝无自诩清高之意。

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They are trying to explain how being half of a biological pair influences a twin's identity.

他们正试图解释作为双胞胎中的其中一个是如何影响双胞胎的特性的。

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Now though, they are trying to explain how being half of a biological pair influences a twin's identity.

但现在，他们正试图解释作为双胞胎中的其中一个是如何影响双胞胎的特性的。

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For example, he begins by borrowing the Russian formalist distinction in trying to explain what fiction is between plot and story.

举个例子，他开篇在解释那种文体介于情节和故事之间时,借用了俄国结构主义的特点。

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Or perhaps, you could be trying to explain that you don't know whether you can do something or not by a certain date.

又或者，你正在试图解释你没法确定你是否能在一个指定日期前做完某件事。

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Rather, I'm going to be trying to explain it.

相反,我会试着去解释它

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