Who has studied perfectionism for years, said he would prefer the term "positive achievement striving," but he acknowledged that that phrase was going to be a tough one to sell.

Frost研究完美主义已有数载，他说，他更喜欢“积极争取成就”这个说法，但他承认让其他学者买账很难。

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It doesn't help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achievement for nations and people striving to assert themselves.

对于那些竭力自我显示的国家和人民来说，修建高大雄伟的大坝即是某种成就的象征，然而修建大坝其实并没有多大作用。

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The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.

最辉煌的成就就是永不停歇地努力超越自我和追求自我认同。

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As the title suggests, the themes of this work of fiction are the old ones: the vanity of human striving, divine punishment for overweening confidence in our technological achievement, the futility of human effort in a world ruled by indifferent nature.

NEWYORKER: Unsinkable