Well they may not be famous to the general public, however they are well known in the world of nonprofit academia and research.

当然，对于大众而言，他们可能并不出名，然而在非盈利领域他们是非常出名的。

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Her lifelong dream was to be a famous writer.

她的毕生愿望就是成为名作家。

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They're going to be famous, but unless something happens, they're going to self-destruct.

他们将会出名，但如果照此下去，他们会走向毁灭。

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You don't have to be a VIP celebrity." Some experts say famous people may bring public awareness to an issue.

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But Milton's calling -- this is what John Milton knew his calling was to be a famous English poet, a famous English poet writing in English: a calling that he holds despite the fact that he appears to have written next to nothing in English verse.

但弥尔顿知道上帝对他的召唤,是成为一个有名的英语诗人，一个用英语写作的英语诗人：,他必须服从这个召唤,尽管他看上去不会写任何英语诗歌。

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It's supposed to be very famous internationally.

在国际上还是很有名气的。

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One day your child may be famous enough to merit his or her own postage stamp--but why wait?

FORBES: Zazzle It

Musicians head to New York, Nashville and Los Angeles to be famous, they come to Austin for the love of playing.

ECONOMIST: Country music

As for being a freelance hack well, a lucky few may be famous enough to pick and choose the best assignments and file at leisure, but most freelancers live a lonely life of constantly rejected story pitches in which brutalised copy counts as a triumph.

ECONOMIST: A journalistic problem solved?