It's a bit more-- to continue with the metaphor of the on-of switch-- as though not only is the switch turned to off, there's a lock on the switch.

要继续用开关的比喻-,就有点奇怪了-,似乎开关的上面，还有一个锁定装置。

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What should we say about Phase A, when the body is turned on and functioning,developing, but the brain has not yet gotten to the stage at which it's turned on, or perhaps it hasn't yet become, well,it's not doing person functioning.

我们对A阶段又该做何解释呢，当身体开始运行发展，但大脑还未到达开发的阶段，或者说这阶段尚未到来时，并没有人格功能的产生。

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