Label: the goal of meditation is not to have no thoughts (that is impossible) but to not interact with the thoughts that occur.

标记：冥想的目的不是完全没有想法(这是不可能的)，而是不被冒出来的想法所影响。

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He did not have much success, but tried not to get too disconsolate.

他没有获得太大的成功，但也试着不让自己太过郁闷。

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He'd always been odd, but not to this extent.

他曾一直很古怪，但没到这种程度。

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Martin Luther King became its famous spokesman, but he did not live to see many of the results of his work.

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There is a vagueness to this language that I think is quite calculated, and it relates, in Haze's case, to his determination to not be converted to evil, but to nothing.

他的语言有种刻意而为的模糊感,对他来说，这与他不向罪恶堕落，宁可选择虚无的决心有关系。

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And you friend suggests you go to the movies but you really would not like to see a movie.

你的朋友提议去看电影，可你并不想去。

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"The race committee has no option but to not accept the entry of Wild Thing, " Piggott told the official race website.

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The White House had little choice but to not threaten veto.

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The administration therefore faces the prospect of going to Copenhagen without domestic legislation in place, and of either committing itself to a numerical target (acceptable to the foreigners but not the Senate) or failing to commit itself to one (more acceptable to the Senate but not to the foreigners).

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