I may be so because there is some kind of power that spurs me—just as the silkworm is spurred to make its cocoons.

我之所以如此是因为有某种力量在鞭策着我——正如蚕被鞭策着去结它的茧子一般。

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Were you spurred to action? Did you solve a problem?

你解决问题了吗？

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Diane Disney-Miller, Walt's daughter, says he was spurred to create Mickey.

沃特的女儿戴安·迪斯尼·米勒说，他的父亲在激励之下创作了米奇。

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The tariff has spurred a wave of anti-American Internet postings in China, with calls for Beijing to stop buying U.S.bonds.

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It would be far nearer the truth to say that some are born with saddles on their backs and others booted and spurred to ride them."

这样说也许更贴切,有些人生来就烙有奴隶的印记,而有些人生来就是统治他们的"

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Marcion,though,seemed to have spurred other Christian leaders to decide what they thought Christian scripture should do.

马吉安似乎促使了其他基督教领袖,确定基督圣典的作用。

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