This could be benevolent characters meant to provide the player with helpful information, or perhaps a less-than-honest character meant to intentionally mislead the player.

To be Shanghaied meant to be drugged, kidnapped and forced become a captive deckhand on an outbound ship.

那时某人被药倒或被绑架做跑船的奴隶水手，就说他被“上海”了。

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The practice needs to be meant to specifically improve performance, and is even more effective if there's coaching. It needs to be repeatable, and feedback on a regular basis is crucial.

实践需要以提高能力为目的，如果有人指导的话，便会事半功倍。练习需要重复且有规律地进行，而相关的反馈也很重要。

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Positive expectations may be meant to spur us on, but often they can just lead to a chronic sense of not quite making the mark-or not quite ever being good enough.

积极期待也许是希望给我们带来激励，但是，它往往会导致一种长久的“没有完全实现的”感觉或者说”不够好“。

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You have been trying like heck to force a feeling, and potentially fix something that may not be meant to be fixed.

你像活见了鬼一样一直尝试着尽可能去修补那些更本就不可能修不好的东西。

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The practice needs to be meant to specifically improve performance, and is even more effective if there's coaching.

实践需要以提高能力为目的，如果有人指导的话，便会事半功倍。

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eg. These letters seem to be meant to be read out loud.

4.：应该是，希望是这些书信似乎需要大声朗读出来。

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Im not talking about throwing some dog toys for him to self-entertain, and thinking that hell be so indebted to you.

新星米谈论的不是扔一些狗玩具，他自我娱乐，和思想，热离线因此感激你。

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Because you'd be so indebted to me that you'd have to... Okay.

因为你觉得欠我，所以得…

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Arsenal Football Club will forever be indebted to Danny for his invaluable foresight and contribution during the move from Highbury to our new stadium.

阿森纳足球俱乐部永远感激丹尼极其宝贵的预见性抉择，以及搬迁至酋长球场过程中的巨大贡献。

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However much science may be indebted to him in respect of the remaining parts of his work, the idea'division of labour'seemed to him his most brilliant thought.

不管他著作的其余部分对科学作出了多大贡献，他似乎认为“分工”这个概念是他思想上最卓越的一点。

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I have already said, that for my prospering there, I am sensible I may be indebted to you, sir.

我已经说过，我已意识到了我在那边的种种坎坷分明是你的赐予。

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She played a vital role in making RC stay alive in China and we will forever be indebted to her for her work.

RC在中国得以长久发展，她的作用至关重要。我们永远感激她为此做出的努力。

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Last thing I want is for my mom to be indebted to Lionel luthor.

我可不想让我妈欠莱诺卢瑟的人情。

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Be indebted to sb for his help, advice, encouragement, etc.

感激某人的帮助、建议、鼓励等。

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This nation will always be indebted to you.

这个国家将会永远感激你们的。

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Be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense.

归功于，在抽象或者智能的感觉中。

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Take time to deal with legal documents and the affairs of people who you may be indebted to.

本周花些时间处理法律文件及与你所感激的人们有关的事务吧！

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If research priorities were based purely on the number of people's lives that could be improved, one would be hard pressed to find a higher priority.

如果研究优先权纯粹基于能得以改善的生活数量上，我们就会尴尬地发现，全世界数百万人受此病毒感染。

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You'd be hard pressed, I think, to attribute it to anything except some combination of better government, smarter interventions, increasing globalisation and technological progress.

我认为，除了更好的政府、更明智的干预、更高的全球化程度和技术进步的综合作用以外，你很难把它归因于其他因素。

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My head aches for want of sleep. be hard pressed/ pushed for money

我因为睡眠不足而头痛。缺少足够的钱，手头拮据

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