Stress can lead to other problems if people attempt to ease it by taking drugs,smoking, drinking alcohol or by eating more or less than normal.

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He thinks that following out desire can renew language, and Menelaiad, I think, is his attempt at doing that.

他认为，贯彻到底的渴望,能够给语言带来活力，而Menelaiad正是他为此所做的一次尝试。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

That is to say, it is legitimate and proper to search for pleasure, for each individual to attempt to please himself however he can.

就是说,每个个人都有权利去追求快乐,每个个人都有权利想方设法满足自己

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He's been directing his project for actually several years, which is an attempt to give students to a much wider range of materials that they can use to help learn about Shakespeare and his work.

他已经指导这个项目,好几年了，试图给学生机会,接触更多更广的关于莎士比亚,及其作品的资料，来帮助学习。

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These constitute two irreconcilable alternatives, two different callings, so to speak, and any attempt, I think, to reconcile or to synthesize these two can only lead to a deep injustice to each.

这包含了两种无法调和的准则，两种不同的召唤，可以说任何想要，调和或综合两者的意图,仅会导致双方皆产生深度的不义。

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Although I don't quite understand--I should say, there's many things about how the fighting went on which we can only attempt to imagine because we just don't have films of ancient hoplite battles, I'm sorry to say.

虽然我有时也很困惑,比如说,战场上瞬息万变,情况非常复杂,由于没有古代重步兵白刃战的影像资料,我们只能猜想战场上发生了什么,真的是很遗憾

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