the thing itself

基本解释

The thing itself is not so important.
这件事本身并不太重要。
Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
对事物永远使用正确的称呼。对一个名称的恐惧，就会强化对这个事物本身的恐惧。
You may observe this phenomenon when the description has become the reality instead of the thing itself - the symbol we worship, the shadow we follow, the illusion we cling to.
当对事物的描述——我们崇拜的符号，我们追随的影子，我们紧抓的幻象——成了代替事物本身的事实时，你可以观察到这个现象。
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It was the answer we had trouble with." (LAUGHTER) Jack Benny said "The show itself is the important thing.
The first thing we need to do is write the electron configuration for the atom itself, and then we need to take an electron away.
首先我们要做的是,写出原子的电子排布，然后，我们再拿走一个电子。
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What's really prior is the car itself and talking about car stages is a certain convenience a kind of way of chopping up the fundamental thing of the car.
重要的是,汽车本身,谈论阶段只是提供便利,是一个把基本部分,切分开的方法。
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The behind-the-scenes processes by which things get made — laws, journalism, sausages — are usually said to be so chaotically unhygienic that seeing them in action will put you off the thing itself for good.
FORBES: A Beautiful Sausage