He was egocentric, a man of impulse who expected those around him to serve him.

他自我中心，易冲动，希望周围的人为他服务。

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God does not want robots to serve him.

神不要机器人来服侍他。

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God wants you to serve him passionately, not dutifully.

神想要你心甘情愿的服侍他，而不是被迫勉强的去做。

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Jackson was grateful for Van Buren's help, and asked him to come to Washington to serve as secretary of state.

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To him this was not useless, because it didn't serve the state.

这对彼得大帝来说无所功用,因为这对俄国没有任何贡献

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Plato himself, remember, made a number of trips to Sicily to serve as the advisor to a king there, Dionysius, and all of these missions failed and left him deeply dispirited.

记不记得柏拉图自己，曾多次旅行到西西里岛,从事国王顾问的工，Dionysius王，他所有的使命都未竟成功,并使他深深感到气馁。

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Whatever happens to me now I owe my life to God and will try to serve him in every way I can.

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The Wangwana, the Swahili-speaking blacks from Zanzibar he engaged as his porters, responded by loyally agreeing to serve him again and again.

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As things turned out, it was a pretty monotonous evening, and I was regretting my mistake long before Arthur came into the lounge bar and stood waiting for someone to serve him.

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