Sometimes we put words in between " clean" and " house" to make the expression more specific, as in this example: To help their company succeed, the business partners needed to clean their financial house.

有时会在“clean”和“house”之间加词，以使表达更具体，如下例所示：为了帮助他的公司取得成功，这些商业伙伴需理清他的财务状况。

" It basically indicates that we have what we need to communicate a broad range of expression, or even very specific concepts, " Ms. Daniel said.

“这基本上表明，在表达一系列情感，甚至是表达非具体的概念时，拥有所需的东西，”丹尼尔说。

For comparison, here's a specific statement: The music at the show last night was too loud.

相比之下，这里有一个具体的表达：昨晚演出的音乐太吵了。

If you want to give the specific position, you can say, " I work as a deputy manager" .

如果你想表达具体职位，你可以说，" 是副经理。"

It'll give you so many specific things you can say about birthdays and personality, right?

它会为你提供许关于生日和个性的具体表达，对吧？

Also because the expression you said, what was it exactly?

你还说的那个表达，具体是什么来着？

And then the definition was literally what I said, just in more specific terms.

然后这个定义其实就是说的，只是用更具体的措辞表达出来。

And in a world like that, little thermostatic swings are very important.

在一个这样的世界里，微小的 thermostat-like 波动非。 注：这里的 " thermostat-like" 是指像恒温器一样的，即公共意见的小波动。但由于直接翻译“thermostatic swings”为“恒温器波动”可能不够自然，可以根据具体语境调整表达方式。此处为了忠实于原文，保留了“thermostatic”，但实际应用中可以进一步优化为“微小的民意波动”。

It was an insurance seminar or some nonsense.

这是一场保险研讨会或者什么的 nonsense。 注：这里的 " or some nonsense" 通用来表示说话者对某事的不屑或不以为然，直译为“或者什么的”可能无法完全传达出原意，可以考虑根据具体语境调整表达方式。如果更贴近原意，可以翻译为“或者什么的废话”。但为了简洁明了，通会省略这部分或用“之类的”代替。因此，更简洁的翻译可以是：这是一场保险研讨会之类的。

Because I find I have to be very specific.

因为发现必须非具体地表达。

Hobbes was to develop other ideas which would make him deeply unpopular.

霍布斯还发展了其他一些让他深受欢迎的观点。 注：原文中的“deeply unpopular”直译为“深受欢迎”的反义，但在中文语境中通直接表达为“非不受欢迎”。不过，根据上下文，这里似乎是指霍布斯的一些观点虽然不被大众接受，但却非和有影响力。因此，翻译时可以根据具体语境调整表达方式。如果按照直译处理，应为“非不受欢迎”。

But I think just putting two and two together to say like, yeah, you just carrying in your head is not the same thing as you expressing it in a tangible way that someone else can experience it.

但认为，将两者结合起来看，可以说，仅在脑海中保留与通过具体形式表达出来， 让他人能够体验， 这两者是截然不同的。

I just wish it went further and I wish it had more to say in a concrete fashion than just flirting with the ideas, which is what it feels like a little bit now.

只是希望它能更进一步， 希望它能以更具体的方式表达更内容， 而不仅仅是对这些想法略作探讨，这正是现在的感觉。

So if you're a kinesthetic person, which is like 60% of people, most of the time you use a physical thing like, hey, we got to get a handle on this, whatever.

因此，如果你是一个动觉型的人， 这类人约占60%，那么大数时候你会用一些具体的实物来表达，比如“嘿，得掌控住这局面”之类的。

So I don't, again, I keep talking and then forgetting where I was going exactly with it, but I hope the audience can connect the dots themselves.

所以不再， 一直在说然后又忘了表达的具体内容，但希望观众自己能将这些点联系起来。

DEERING wrote again on reaching New York, a long, fond, dissatisfied letter, vague in its indication of his own projects, specific in the expression of his love.

迪林到达纽约后再次写信，一封充满感情、不满的长信，含糊其辞地提到了他自己的计划，具体表达了他的爱。

General strikes, whether driven by labor or consumers, are difficult to organize, nearly impossible to sustain, and, by definition, too generalized to articulate a clear demand.

总罢工，无论是由劳工还是消费者发起，都难以组织， 几乎不可能持续，并且从定义上讲， 过于泛泛而难以明确表达具体诉求。

There are obvious similarities between " at hand" and " on hand, " and some of the differences really just depend on the particular expression.

“at hand” 和“on hand” 之间有明显的相似之处， 而一些区别真的只是取决于具体的表达方式。

It's not exactly the same as to change your opinion because it's a little bit more specific than that.

这与单纯改变你的观点并不完全相同，因为“改变调子”这一表达更为具体。

We express our freedom most concretely by an act of will.

通过意志行为最具体地表达的自由。