校长坐在桌旁反复推敲明天的 发言稿，直到午夜。

The president sat at his desk till midnight hammering out his speech for the next day.

诗人惊愕不已，反复推敲着这个词：他梦到的房间是诗的一节。

The poet reflected on this with growing amazement: The room he dreamt of was the stanza of a poem.

在这一年里，人们对一些数字反复推敲。然而，一个更加严峻的现实却随之逐渐显现出来。

Now, after a year to crunch the Numbers properly, the more sobering reality is sinking in.

另外一件事也是勿庸置疑的：到时候那天的记者招待会上，他的听众一定会对他的每个词语都字斟句酌，反复推敲的。

And one other thing is not in doubt: at that day's press conference, his listeners will hang on his every word.