set a goal

基本解释

Be aware of your dissatisfaction in your life and set a goal to turn it around.
清楚的知道自己对生活有哪些不满，再确立一个目标去逆转它。
That’s why, last year, I set a goal for this country: to double our exports by 2014.
这就是为什么去年我为我们的国家设立了一个目标: 到2014年, 我们的出口要翻一番.
A very wise psychotherapist once told me that if you set a goal, and achieve it, you are often left with an empty feeling because the goal is not what you thought it would be.
一个非常聪明的心理学家曾经告诉我，如果你建立了目标并去完成它，你总有一种空空的感觉，因为目标不是你所想的就能实现。

And he set a goal to double American exports over the next five years.
Or perhaps, you could set a goal to lose weight and you could work very hard.
又或者，你制定了一个减肥的目标，你为此而努力坚持着。
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And I'll remind you, we saw a set of algorithms and part of my goal was to get you to begin to recognize characteristics of algorithms that map into a particular class.
我要提醒你们的是，我们看了很多算法,我的目标之一是让你们开始,意识到算法们的特性,并且能够一一映射到特定的分类中。
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The international apparel giant has set a goal of surpassing that number in 2013.
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