Attaining

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attain

整理:贾丝廷

• Yes--yes--the end is not so difficult; if I had only a brain active enough to ferret out the means of attaining it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• For he was gradually attaining his object in life, and that, to Lily, was always less despicable than to miss it. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• And without divine help, said Adeimantus, they will go on for ever making and mending their laws and their lives in the hope of attaining perfection. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The opinions of those who have most studied the subject differ as to the possibility of ever attaining that desired object. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• But it is one of the things that makes people be treated as reliable who would ordinarily have to spend much more time before attaining that category. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• About the same time Robert Davidson, a Scotchman, experimented with an electric railway car sixteen feet long, weighing six tons, and attaining a speed of four miles an hour. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Instead of operating on their own account they are reduced to mere servants of attaining pleasure and avoiding pain. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I really was frightened at the thought of the importance I was attaining and the number of things that were being confided to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Is it wise to proceed to these extremities, before you have really exhausted all safer and simpler means of attaining your object? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• To obviate danger from accidents, safety devices are installed for gripping the rails in case of the car attaining excessive speed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• When not attaining, they compel the other parts of the soul to pursue a shadow of pleasure which is not theirs. 柏拉图. 理想国.

整理:贾丝廷