We're in the world and exist before we know our purpose, before we understand that essence that provides meaning, that defines us. Our essence is what we make of ourselves.

我们存在于世界上，这一存在先于我们的目的，先于我们对本质的理解——那个提供我们以意义和界定的本质，它是我们在存在的基础上进行的创造。

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Therefore, we alone must make something of ourselves, transforming ourselves into the instruments for experiencing the deepest spiritual essence of life.

因此，我们必须做点什么，引导我们自己去经历生活最深层的精神实质。

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Let the customer decide what they want; tell them what is on offer and make it easy for them to research, plan and book – that’s the essence of the new STB campaign.

让消费者做主；告诉他们新加坡有什么，让消费者更轻松地搜索、规划和预订行程，这是新加坡旅游局的营销推广的本质。

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By tying funding to individual student outcomes, the state would in essence make sure that individual programs did what was best for students, even if that was on occasion counter to conventional wisdom.

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Any food with a lot of fat is going to increase the calories and, in essence, make the food less nutrient dense.

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In essence, Microsoft aims to make Google irrelevant by helping people mine data wherever it is.

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