书籍可以让人变得更聪明，因为读得多的人更了解事物的运作方式，更了解人是谁，或者人是什么。

Books can make people cleverer, because heavy readers have greater knowledge of how things work and who or what people were.

youdao

那么一个人是什么呢？

So what's a person?

youdao

看门的一脸诧异：“人？ 人是什么？

"Man?" said the janitor, "What is that?

youdao

What is the meaning of an untrodden way, or of "there are none to praise" her but "very few to love"?

没有人走过的路是什么意思呢？,还有“没有人赞扬她“但是“几乎没有人爱她“又是什么意思呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

And a lot of people want to know which are the best shows to see, like the best theatre.

很多人想知道最好看的表演是什么，比如哪里是最好的剧院。

伦敦旅游景点 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

What do you mean, "raw"? "Well, somebody's sitting in a field eating a carrot. That's raw," you say, but wait a minute: what is this notion of "raw"?

生食“是什么意思，嗯，某一个人坐在田野中吃萝卜，这是生食“,你说，但是等等，这个生食的概念是什么？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选