我必须给我的学术工作制订非常严格的计划，并给自己规定明确的目标。

I have to plan my academic work very rigidly and set myself clear objectives.

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接下来的一年我一直在闲逛。我没有什么明确的目标。

I spent the next year just wandering. I wasn't focused.

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或者有明确的目标和兴趣，现在拥有世界上最高的大学辍学率。

Or have a clear sense of purpose or interest, and now have the highest college dropout rate in the world.

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Now ultimately, the purpose of investing in a share is to get the dividends; that's the whole named purpose of the corporation.

股票投资是为了取得股利,这也是公司明确的目标

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How should we integrate that kind of novel with novels that have more formal ambitions?

我们如何整合这种小说和那些,在形式目标上更明确的小说？

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But a lot of it is just like you define your objectives what you're going for.

但你首先要做的,是明确目标，清楚自己想要什么。

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