It has been suggested that these figurines were an ideal type or an expression of a desire for fertility.

人们认为这些雕像是一种理想类型，或对生育愿望的表达。

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You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine of everyday living.

你可以像给房子画蓝图一样在脑海中勾勒出愿望的蓝图，而我们每个人在日常生活中都在不断地绘制这些蓝图。

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She says she came to the order out of a desire to serve others.

她表示加入修道会是出于服务他人的愿望。

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The gene is a transporter of serotonin, a brain chemical involved with mood and desire for food.

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But the second is a desire to attract and maintain the divine presence, the continued presence of God in the sanctuary.

第二个是一种欲望，想要吸引和保持，上帝长久存在于圣所内的欲望。

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We think that anticipation is a powerful evoker of desire, and we think that brain activation can reflect that.

我们认为,预期是有关欲望的一种有效观测手段，同时我们认为，大脑活动能够将其反映出来。

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Have you got any sort of a desire to follow them to the West?

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The Cuban government banned Morales from playing inside Cuba after it suspected him of a desire to defect.

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The charter school movement was born out of a desire to creatively address the many obstacles teachers faced.

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