1. A third type of creative experience is exemplified by the dreams which came to Descartes at the age of twenty-three and determined his life path.
    笛卡尔23岁时所作过的、决定了他的人生道路的一些梦，可以作为第三种创造性经历的例证。

2. She´s absolutely determined to succeed (in life).
    她决心要实现自己的（人生）目的.

3. My father is excited by this story, but I retreat into an even more determined silence.
    我爸爸听了这个故事感到兴奋不已，而我则越发往后退缩，更加下定决心保持沉默。

4. Most of us finally have the insight that quality of life is not entirely determined by a balance sheet.
    我们大多数人最终会大彻大悟, 生活质量并不完全是由资产负债表来决定的。

5. I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived.
    我决定一到站就发泄我的牢骚。

6. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here.
    有人曾出一大笔钱要我搬家，但我还是决定不搬。

7. It is not a simple competition for a fixed amount of food determined by the physical environment, because the environment that determines our evolution is no longer essentially physical.
    它已不是为争得物质环境所决定的东西所决定。

8. I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived.
    我决定到目的地就给铁路部门提意见。

9. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here.
    他们曾向我提供一大笔钱让我搬走，但我决定留在这儿。

10. Identical twins Katie and Sarah Monahan arrived at Pennsylvania's Gettysburg College last year determined to strike out on independent paths.
    同卵双胞胎卡蒂和萨拉·莫纳汉去年来到宾夕法尼亚的葛底斯堡大学，决心闯出一条独立之路。