At length the woman hoped that God was about to grant her desire.

最后，女人希望上帝会满足她的愿望。

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She confessed to her parents her desire to act.

她向父母承认了她想表演的欲望。

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Now you might be surprised that I didn't begin with her desire for love.

现在你可能会惊讶我并没有从女人对爱的渴望开始。

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But she said it did decrease her desire to eat cabbages.

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The Eyptian goddess Isis seeks out the mangled body of her lover, Osiris, because of her powerful affection for him and because of her desire presumably to see him whole again.

希腊女神伊西斯寻找她爱人的肢体碎片，欧西里斯，因为她对他强烈的感情,也因为她觉得有可能再见到完整的他的欲望。

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But here we see her with the desire to know.

我们在这里能看到，她是渴望了解的。

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This was probably one of the driving forces behind her desire to take control of her finances.

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And she's been vocal about her desire to conquer the only stage she has not yet graced: Broadway.

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Ms. McCourt has filed papers in family court in Los Angeles stating her desire to sell the club.

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