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基本解释

What is the next thing to be done?
其次要做的事是什么?
《新英汉大辞典》
What is the basis of [for] your opinion?
你这样看的根据是什么?
《新英汉大辞典》
Observe what is best and to strive to universalize these qualities.
观察什么是最好的，然后努力使这些特质得以普遍化。

The students examine an issue, review what is already known, think about what they have learned and come to some conclusion.
You say, "Whoa, what is this?" Kant makes a distinction between the purposive and the purposeful. What is the distinction?
我咧个去，这货说的是啥？，其实康德将,“合目的性“和“目的性“做了比较，什么比较呢？
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To get down to it, you have to cut away what is not true, what is inflated, beside the point, excess, ornament.
更直接点，你们要去掉不真实的，除了这点还有膨胀的，过量的和装饰的。
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What is the SEC supposed to be doing while all of this is going on?
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