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确定
Determined
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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?
Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up.
投手们把我撞倒时帮了我一个忙。这让我更加坚定。我不会让那个投手把我救出来的。他们说如果你仰面躺着就打不了人，但我没有。我起床。
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。
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。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。