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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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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。
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。
Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being.
自然似乎在每个人的出生时就已经划定了他的美德和罪恶的界限，并决定了这个人能有多好或有多坏。
The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable.
未来将部分由无法预见的事情决定;它还将受到目前存在和可以观察到的趋势的影响。
I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
我一直很有决心和野心，我知道我会做一些能让我旅行的事情，但是我真的不知道我要做什么才能到达那里。
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。