Take the example of "plastic" again: "Oh, gee, that's a strange word," we say, so we go to the OED , we see it meant something different then, our problem is solved, and we continue.

再拿“塑料“来举例：,我们说，“哦，那是个生词“,所以我们去查牛津大学英语词典，我们发现它有些不同的意思，问题解决了，我们继续下去。

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Needless to say, it's the central word in Derrida, which is nevertheless not classifiable or categorizable, and so for that reason we can't really say Derrida is specifically a literary theorist.

不用说，这个词对德里达来说至关重要，然而我们确实无法对话语进行分类，因此，我们恐怕不能称,德里达为文学理论家。

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And, in a sense, one could say maybe this is not Plato's last word, I mean why does Socrates choose to stay and drink the hemlock?

或者也可以说，这并非柏拉图的结论，我是说为何苏格拉底,选择停留并服下毒参？

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Let's just say, if you took the shrimp-eaters' word last year, we'd be talking about a Studio 60 spin-off this week, rather than that silly "save the cheerleader" show.

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