Their suspicion is that goal had come from an Old English word that had originally meant “barrier.”

词典的推测是，goal来自于一个意为障碍（barrier）的古英语词。

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This lawyer had fallen victim to the "don'ts" syndrome, a form of negative goal setting.

这位律师成了“不要”综合征的受害者，这是一种消极的目标设定形式。

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This lawyer had fallen victim to the "don'ts" syndrome—a form of negative goal setting.

这位律师成了“不要”综合征的受害者，这是一种消极的目标设定形式。

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Blinded by a meaningless imperfection and an impossible goal, Aylmer had thrown away her life and with it his chance for happiness.

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And incidentally, to know where he's coming from on this, he had a very dramatic and ambitious goal.

我想顺便提一下他为何会去研究儿童,他有着一个宏伟且远大的目标

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You had--They had--They worked together for a common goal, the military supported bringing these people together, and they were brought together on an equal and fair footing.

他们为了一个共同目标而合作，军队是这些人发生接触的社会支持，他们的接触是处于一个平等公平的地位。

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The goal had the effect of upsetting Sporting's rhythm, with Zhirkov's goal providing a further jolt.

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When replay officials got the opportunity to review, they confirmed that the goal had been scored.

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And as the home side surged forward their second goal had an air of inevitability about it.

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