They cannot attain perfection, but look to be nearer to it then, than now.

而他们虽不能达到完美，但是会比之前看起来更缺于完美。

youdao

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

这样的知识奇妙，是我不能测的。至高，是我不能及的。

youdao

Although I cannot attain the prize, sharing my own joyfull point with everybody is one kind of happiness.

尽管拿不到奖，能够和大家分享自己的一分快乐就是一种幸福。

youdao

As Socrates puts it at one point, "The impure cannot attain the pure."

正如苏格拉底所总结的,污秽不会拥有纯洁

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Simply put, you cannot get enough propellant on board to attain useful flight duration.

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