这贼企图贿赂警察，但他未达到目的。

The thief tried to buy off the policeman, but he didn't succeed.

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他从未达到目的。

He never achieved his end.

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随着时间的推移，历史学家们说，重新审视《凡尔赛和约》，其实并未达到其初始时的目的。 只靠让一个国家来承担战争债务，终究不是解决问题的办法。

With time, historians say there was recognition that Versailles did not achieve what it set out to, and that saddling a country with war debts was not a solution.

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