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基本解释

If we remain committed to the value system of primary health care, we must take a hard look at these and other issues pertaining to access and equity.
如果我们要继续坚持初级卫生保健这一价值体系，就必须仔细审视一下这些以及其它与获取和公平有关的问题。
If you are currently attracted to someone else but you are committed to your marriage, take a hard look at how your perceptions of the other person may be biased.
如果你目前对一个人有好感，但是你不想违背你的婚姻的话，那么你就需要仔细考虑一下自己的感受是不是存有偏见。
Working professionals, especially those in an office setting, should take a hard look at their digital work habits and recognize whether these habits are helping or hurting productivity.
上班族们，特别是在办公室中上班的人，应该好好想想他们的数字工作习惯，看看这些习惯是在提高还是在损害工作效率。

And so what I'm really doing is inviting you to take a good, cold, hard look at death, and to face it and think about it in a way that most of us don't do.
那就是我要你们做的，认清，死亡的好和坏，面对它，然后思考它,用我们从没用过的方式。
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So we'll take a hard look at states' applications to determine whether they measure up.
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Take a hard look at your expenses to see where you can cut even deeper.
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