They succeeded in what they set out to do.

他们实现了既定的目标。

《牛津词典》

He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago.

他已经完成了3年前开始努力做的事情。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

"I have," he remarked with pardonable pride, "done what I set out to do."

“我已经，”他以可原谅的骄傲语气说，“完成了我要做的。”

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

And that is exactly what I set out to do." The last event of the Championships will be the final of the men's four-by-400-meter relay.

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And that's what he set out to do.

这就是他准备做的。

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It's a good sort of question that gets raised in such a problematic allusion: how do you set out to write an original poem within such a conventional genre like the epic?

对于这样一项有问题的引用,提出这些问题是很好的：,你怎么能开始写一篇标榜原创的诗作,却使用史诗这一传统的文体呢？

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He is leaving because he has achieved everything he set out to do at Radio 4.

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In the end, like Mattie, we will accomplish exactly what we set out to do.

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"I don't aim for awards -- that's not what I set out to do, " he said.

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