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It's this drive to constant self-definition that becomes the characteristic feature of Milton's work for later generations.

正是这种对自我界定的动力，成为了弥尔顿留给后人的作品的典型特征。

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In fact, professionalism wasn't so much a real process as a form of self-definition.

事实上，专业性只是自我定义并没有事实上的步骤。

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"The record is clear. Identity politics is at the core of Judge Sotomayor's self-definition."

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It's this drive to constant self-definition that becomes the characteristic feature of Milton's work for later generations.

就是这种对自我界定的欲望,变成了弥尔顿留给后人的,作品的典型特征。

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Microsoft's and Coca-Cola's broad definition of their markets is clearly self-serving, but cannot be dismissed out of hand.

ECONOMIST: Software, soft drinks

But then I realized that a blog, by definition, is inherently self-indulgent, is it not?

FORBES: Five Years After A Brain Aneurysm, Fear Of Dying Can't Make Me Quit Living

's HD DVD has been a self-defeating mess, confusing consumers and slowing acceptance of DVDs boasting high-definition picture quality.

FORBES: Last Gasp Of The Physical Formats