Each of these states is seeking to adjust the balance of power in its favor.

这些州都在寻求调整权力平衡，使之对自己有利。

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Dr. Susanne Shultz, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Manchester, said the study was praiseworthy in seeking to enrich our knowledge of the evolution of human language.

曼彻斯特大学的进化生物学家苏珊娜·舒尔茨博士说，这项研究是值得称赞的，它试图丰富我们对人类语言进化的知识。

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She was actively seeking to test her understanding.

她主动去努力考查自己的理解。

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Yet it seemed to those seeking to solve the longitude problem that the only solution was in the moon and stars.

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He responds to this grievous loss privately by taking it on himself, by seeking to master it himself, and specifically as a worker.

他私下里对失去孩子的痛苦的反应,是自己承受，努力地自己承受，尤其是作为一名工人。

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It's seeking to ascertain the meaning of events to draw larger philosophical, ideological conclusions from the events of history, and to point to the larger purpose or design of history, not to say just what happened, but to say why it happened and what it means for us today that it did happen.

它致力于查明事件的意义,得出哲学性的思想性的结论，从历史事件中，并且指出历史图景中的宏观目的，不说发生了什么，而阐明为什么它会发生,而它发生了对于今天的我们有何意义。

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Singapore, also seeking to attract Islamic capital, has the same lures but to a lesser degree.

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The Tehran government does not put obstacles in the path of young people seeking to emigrate.

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Apple, like many companies in the PC industry, was seeking to create a product that filled this gap.

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