Since this realization, I have begun to make an even more determined effort to find friends in unexpected people and places.

认识到这一点后，我开始更加坚定地在意想不到的人和地方努力地寻找朋友。

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Though there was unnecessary secrecy in the negotiations, Gov.Andrew Cuomo made a determined effort to achieve marriage equality in New York.

尽管在谈判中存在一些不必要的保密情况，但是州长安德鲁科莫还是进了最大努力促使在纽约实现婚姻平等。

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In my view, environmental protection, the battle can not be "premature" as an excuse stall in the past, even if difficult, they have to make a determined effort to strengthen law enforcement.

在我看来，环保这场战役不能用“不成熟”的借口搪塞过去，就算难，也得下决心进行、加强执法力度。

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But opponents of Mr.Obama's health-care reform effort are just as determined to kill the president's plan.

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The 20th Century can be seen as a determined effort to run the world as if people were things.

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Not surprisingly, the Tories have therefore made a determined effort to fudge the distinction between asylum-seekers and the rest.

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President Obama has called for a determined effort to free America from the hold of the international oil cartel.

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