Irons says temporary deficits are normal and even desirable during severe economic downturns, but must be corrected in the long term.

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All heat couldn't get successfully converted into work That would be desirable, but it's not possible.

都变成功,把全部热量变成功是非常令人期待的，但是这是不可能的。

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It's of no interest to me to survive, and merely saying the mantra, "Oh, but it's me" doesn't make it more desirable to me.

我对仅仅是活下去，然后老生常谈地说“但那是我“不感兴趣“,那激不起我更多的渴望。

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Individual freedom may be at best a desirable byproduct of the Aristotelian mixed regime but individual freedom is not its defining or principle goal.

个人自由充其量,仅是附加于,亚里士多德式混合政体的产物,而非其所要定义,或首要的目标。

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