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They were actuated by desire...是什么意思？

They were actuated by desire...

他们受到欲望的驱使。

相关词汇
they were actuated by desire

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；
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The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；
例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

actuated

v. 使动作( actuate的过去式和过去分词 )，开动，（通常用于被动语态）驱使，激励；
例句
They were actuated by desire...
他们受到欲望的驱使。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；
例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

desire

vt. 希望，渴望，要求，请求；n. 愿望，欲望，希望，请求；vi. 有希望，期望，愿望，想望；
例句
She confessed to her parents her desire to act...
她向父母坦言了自己想演戏的愿望。
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他当众承认自己可能犯了个错误。
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使飞机减速的螺旋形气流涡旋
You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我随后就来。
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He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那儿，听我陈述解雇他的理由。
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该法令迫使工会推迟罢工。
Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
一份耕耘，一份收获。
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他们被劝服，认识到了和平的好处。
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Doctors with glazed eyes sat chain-smoking in front of a television set...
医生们目光呆滞地坐在电视机前一支接一支地抽着烟。
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He laid his hand gently on the crown of her head.
他把手轻轻放在她的头顶上。
He was a sweet man but when he drank he tended to quarrel...
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