These reforms were proposed to make the government serve the people and carry out more fully their desire for social progress.

VOA: special.2010.09.16

Now we might at first think that Satan's vaunting here is the product of nothing more elevated than hate and a desire for revenge, but Milton's doing something truly extraordinary.

我们首先会想到撒旦之所以在这里自吹自擂,不过是因为他的仇恨和复仇的欲望，不过弥尔顿在这里做了不同寻常的艺术处理。

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There are more people who can work to increase the production, but beyond that point there are more people to feed than the production can produce, and that leads to a desire for expansion of the land available for cultivation.

越来越多的人从事工作,生产力得以提高,但是一旦突破临界值,花费就要超过所得了,它导致了对土地扩张的需求

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The general desire was for a more moderate style.

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