She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the grade.

她渴望成为一名舞蹈家但没有成功。

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She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the grade.

她渴望成为一名舞蹈家但没有成功。

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He evinced a strong desire to be reconciled with his family.

他表现出与家人和好的强烈愿望。

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We quickly learned that we had overestimated everything: the ability of our vehicle, the distance we could travel in a day, the amount of money we needed and our desire to be away from home.

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Self-alienation, in Barth's work, is the product of desire. Desire, love: that's the moment when you're supposed to be perfectly present.

巴斯作品中，自我疏离是欲望的产物，欲望，爱：,那是你应该在场的时刻。

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It seeks distinction, the desire to be first in the race of life and lead us to seek to dominate others.

它追寻区别，渴望成为人生赛跑中的第一名,并引导我们寻求主宰他人。

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There does not seem to be any desire to save our planet.

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There seems to be a desire to ascribe to the Maya supernatural prophetic powers they did not possess but a failure to appreciate the true wonders of their civilization.

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"I don't know (why it happens), " Potega said, although she has a theory that its root may be her desire to communicate whatever she'd been dreaming about.

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