他原想通过写作谋生，但却对此绝望了。

He wished to earn a living through writing but despaired of doing so.

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这个研究生做着一件有原则的事情：他通过研究和写作来探寻真相。

Here we have the graduate student doing what a principled person does: he was pursuing truth through research and writing.

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积年累月，笔耕不辍。 正是通过这种全然的写作行为，他成为了一名作家。

Through the sheer act of writing, he became a writer.

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