They were actuated by desire.

他们被欲望所驱使。

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While farming is often difficult for both the body and mine, Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by desire to set a new standard for agriculture.

桑切斯说，尽管耕作对身体和我来说都很困难，但他和其他许多年轻农民都有动力和愿望为农业设定一个新的标准。

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Hotelicopter - possibly the only site with a name inspired by desire to do a fancy launch video.

Hotelicopter——可能此网站名字是由发布视频的想法中萌生而得。

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Early in his career, he continued President Kennedy's desire for social change by helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of Nineteen Sixty-four.

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But eventually overpowered by desire, he forced his eyes open and rushing towards the corpses said 'see you damn wretches, " take your fill of this beautiful sight'" 439c 439c.

不过欲望终究压倒一切，他强迫自己睁开眼,并冲向尸体,说：『看吧死鬼，享受这美丽的景像』,书中。

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He becomes distracted by an inward fire that draws him into the woods where he wanders and sings, full of unfulfilled desire.

他被内心的热灼分了心,被吸引到林深处，在哪里他,游荡歌唱，怀着种种无法实现的愿望。

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But not everyone has the ability to go from the analytical to the extrovert by desire alone.

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And each year hundreds of thousands of them leave America, returning to their countries of origin, often not by desire, but because of visa and immigration limitations.

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While it may be true that the archetypal chief executive is driven as much by a desire for power and to amaze the world with his business prowess as by a desire to be rich, human nature makes it certain that some will be guided by meaner motives.

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