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确定
Determined
Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.
今天我开始了我决心要成为伟大的小说。
I am determined to go through the horror of this world.
我决心要经历这个世界的恐怖。
My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another.
我的第一个逃跑计划失败了，现在我决定另一个。
I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted.
我一生都在为许多我想要的东西而坚强和坚定。
Desperate and lonely, I was determined to find solace in the arms of another.
绝望而孤独，我决定在另一个人的怀抱中寻求安慰。
I don't know why the universe is so determined to keep my feet on the ground.
我不知道为什么宇宙如此坚定地要我脚踏实地。
I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.
从我还是个小女孩的时候起，我就一直下定决心要走自己的路。
Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them.
一旦一个人决心自助，没有什么能阻止他们。
Breaking free, or not, is usually determined by whether you want to get somewhere slowly or nowhere fast.
打破自由与否，通常取决于你是想要缓慢地到达某个地方，还是想要快速地到达某个地方。
When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.
当一个人下定决心要相信某件事时，这条教义的荒谬之处恰恰证实了他们的信仰。
I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.
我下定决心，如果我想成为一个超级明星，那就按照我的条件。我从一开始就有这种道德观。
A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.
一个有决心的人用一把生锈的活动扳手要比一个游手好闲的人用机器车间里所有的工具完成的事情还要多。
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Actors need steely determination. It's a tough profession with plenty of knocks along the way. You have to be very determined and never take 'no' for an answer.
演员需要钢铁般的决心。这是一个艰难的职业，一路上有很多挫折。你必须非常坚定，永远不要接受“不”的回答。
So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting. And it was probably because there was girls over in the drama school too, you know?
所以我决定在大学的最后两年做一些我认为我会喜欢的事情，那就是表演。可能是因为戏剧学校里也有女生吧?
When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going.
当我告诉我妈妈我想成为一名演员时，她说，你不能住在这里做那些事，所以我搬了出去。我决心要证明她是错的，因为她那么肯定我会误入歧途。这就是我的动力。
We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positively to world prosperity, while observing fully the fair trade practices in international commerce.
我们决心，我国将不再成为其他国家的负担，而将为世界繁荣作出积极贡献，同时充分遵守国际商业中的公平贸易做法。
It now seems certain that the amino acid sequence of any protein is determined by the sequence of bases in some region of a particular nucleic acid molecule.
现在看来可以肯定的是，任何蛋白质的氨基酸序列都是由特定核酸分子某些区域的碱基序列决定的。
My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.
我母亲决心让我们独立。我四岁的时候，她把车停在离我家几英里远的地方，让我穿过田野找到回家的路。我迷路了。