In the words of Dostoevsky, “deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence”.

用陀思妥耶夫斯基的话来说，“如果被剥夺了有意义的工作，男人和女人们便将失去存在的理由”。

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Before you can decide the best method of action, you'll need to get to the bottom of their reason for cheating.

在能够采取最佳行动前，你需要弄清孩子作弊的真相。

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They sold a few foals each year, and the horses were their reason for joy in the morning and contentment at day's end.

他们每年都要卖出一些马驹，马群在早上给他们带来了快乐，在一天结束的时候，也带给了他们强烈的满足感。

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That's their reason for being, for the most part.

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I think that might be the reason- no one knows what all their reasons were.

我认为也许这就是原因-,没有人知道他们所有的原因是什么。

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Francis Bacon, influenced by Machiavelli, urged human beings to employ their reason to force nature to give up its secrets, to treat nature like a woman, to master nature in order to improve man's material well being.

弗朗西斯·培根受到马基雅弗利的影响,提倡人们运用理性,来让自然原形毕露,像对待女人那样对待自然,去征服自然以提升人类的物质生活

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Only 4% of people mentioned privacy and security concerns as their reason for taking a breather.

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So far, all we know is what the school maintains is their reason for suspending the teacher.

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He found that very few cited a lack of work in France as their reason for coming.

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