他曾渴望自由。

He yearned for freedom.

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三个月之前，唐太斯除了自由以外原是别无所求的，现在，光有自由已不够了，他还渴望财富。

Thus dantes, who but three months before had no desire but liberty had now not liberty enough, and panted for wealth.

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作为一名毕生献身于界定自由与捍卫自由的人，拉尔夫·达伦多夫最先感受到“某种发自肺腑的渴望势难被束缚”的那一刻是他所珍爱的时刻。

AS A man who spent his life defining and defending liberty, Ralf Dahrendorf treasured the moment when he first felt that “visceral desire not to be hemmed in”.

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This is ambition for a career, but it's also a desire for personal autonomy. For Frost, poetry is invested with a longing for autonomy in, well, both simple and complex senses.

这是事业心，也是一种,个人自由的渴望，对他来说，诗歌是,结合了自由的渴望，呈现出一种既简单又复杂的感觉。

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