He responded with a series of messages in which he spent almost as much time clarifying misunderstandings as he did making his original point.

他几乎花了很多时间回复了一系列的消息去澄清误解，正如他过去从原点出发一样。

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There is no point using a simile like "the boy cried like anything," since it obscures the meaning, instead of clarifying it.

用一个像“男孩哭得像什么一样”这样的明喻是毫无意义的，因为它模糊了意思而不是澄清了它。

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