Our desire lends the colours of the rainbow to the mere mists and vapours of life.

我们的欲望把彩虹的颜色借给那只不过是云雾的人生。

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Both the present Mrs. Sansom and myself are happy (nay, overjoyed!) to learn you are willing to concede our desire, though, as you remark, your heart will break in doing so.

虽然您说过，您这样做的话自己会心碎的，我和我的现任妻子很高兴（不，应该是极为欣喜）您能同意让我们实现我们的愿望。

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So I regard that objective as a positive: it’s our desire to improve and to eliminate mistakes from the operation that will make us stronger championship contenders.

所以我把这目标当作积极的信号：我们的愿望是改进并剔除错误，使我们变成更强的锦标赛竞争者。

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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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So very often, our self-interest will just stop our desire to do what's right.

所以我们的自身利益,会阻止我们去做正确的事。

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But it is also connected to our desires for domination and the desire to exercise tyranny over others.

但它也与我们,对他人的支配欲,及欺压欲有关。

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Unless our desire to rebuild is fierce, Young says the country will suffer a gaping cultural hole.

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Our desire for them may be driven by fashion or a desire to enhance our status.

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"We're here to reaffirm our desire to be the electric vehicle capital in America, " he said.

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