The financial (经济) difficulty he was facing was decided by his goal—making his child more successful than himself.

他面临的经济困难是由他的目标决定的，而他的目标是让他的孩子比自己更成功。

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It behooves any board in such circumstances to try to address the real source of the difficulty, rather than use alternate means to accomplish a goal.

在这种情况下，任何董事会都应该努力找出并解决真正的根源问题，而不是采用迂回方式达到目标。

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Two features of goal are difficulty and specificity.

目标的两个特征是难度和明确性。

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These tasks require a scientific body to function as free from political maneuvering as humanly possible, knowing full well the difficulty of achieving such a goal.

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Another statistic Krossover compiles is effective field-goal percentage (or eFG%), a weighted formula that adjusts for the difficulty of the shots taken.

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