In other words, we have to go beyond the proximate cause and probe further and further.

话说，我们必须超越事物的近因，进一步讨论其起因。

The sample groups in both studies were small, and in the overwhelming number of cases of coronavirus death, heart failure is not the proximate cause.

两项研究的样本都很小，而且在绝大多数冠状病毒死亡病例中，心力衰竭不是直接原因。

I once was one of those guys proximate to a woman with a claim like this saying, why don't you just shut up about it?

我曾经也像这些人中的一员一样，跟一个女性说过类似的话：你能不能别说了？