When I think of desire, this is the first image that comes to mind for me.

当我想到欲望时，这是首先出现在我脑海中的图像。

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It's as if Sal's first experience of Dean is already, in that scene, assimilated into the image of Dean: the disembodied, aesthetic image of Dean.

这好像是Sal第一次在那情景下，感到迪恩已经被同化成迪恩的形象：,空洞的，美的迪恩的形象。

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