关于对他的措辞上的误解在此有一点应该注意。

Of misapprehensions as to his language there is one which should be noticed here.

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矛盾修饰法作为措辞上的一种矛盾，直至1902年才出现，当时，努力学着变懒的人据说是活生生的矛盾修饰法的例子。

Oxymoron as a contradiction in terms didn't show up until 1902 when someone who worked hard at being lazy was said to be a living oxymoron.

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我不清楚我们如何去获得措辞上的精确共识——我们是科学家，而我们被要求去做一份公共交流工作，这更像是记者应该干的。

It's not clear to me how we are going to get precise agreement on the wording - we are scientists and we're being asked to do a job of public communication that is more like journalism.

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