揪出那只兔子

在群里跟药山、真如铁、laoshujia一起研习《如何阅读一本书》的第九章第四节——找出论述。在P119页遇到一段非常难理解的话

查询了一下原文：

In recent times, it has become commonplace to refer to self-evident propositions as "tautology"; The feeling behind the term is sometimes one of contempt for the trivial, or a suspicion of legerdemain. Rabbits are being pulled out of a hat. You put the truth in by defining your words, and then pull it out as if you were surprised to find it there. That, however,is not always the case.

试着凭借我蹩脚的英语水平翻译了一下，感觉其实说的是这个意思：

近来,不言自明的主旨常被称作”废话重说”。这种说法背后有时候是一种对于繁琐的蔑视；或者认为其有诡辩之嫌，就像我们看到兔子从帽子里被揪出来一样——通过定义文字你把真相塞进去，然后再假装吃惊似的把它们揪出来。当然，不能一概而论。