He had an air of rural self-reliance about him, very different from a typical house pet.

这条狗身上带着一种乡村自力更生的气质，和家养宠物很不一样。

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We admire him, not for his self-reliance, but because he was all by himself out there at Walden Pond, and he wanted to be.

我们钦佩他，并非因为他倡导自力更生精神，而是因为他孤身一人在沃尔登塘畔生活。

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Virtue means for him a kind of manly self-assertion, audacity, ruthlessness, a reliance on one's own arms and calculated use of cruelty to achieve one's ends.

美德对他而言， 是一种具男子气概的自作主张，胆大，冷酷，自助，且还会算计使用残忍手段，来达致目标。

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Virtue means for him a kind of manly self-assertion, audacity, ruthlessness, a reliance on one's own arms and calculated use of cruelty to achieve one's ends.

美德对他而言,是一种具男子气概的自作主张，胆大，冷酷，自助，且还会算计使用残忍手段,来达致目标。

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In all likelihood, Henry thinks, Edward will never need to learn self- reliance with ax and rope, since the inheritance that awaits him is one to be coveted.

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