There has been quarrying in the area for centuries.

At the beginning of the 20th century almost a third of the population lived off the land.

20世纪初几乎有三分之一的人口依靠种地为生。

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The chapel was built in the 12th century and is still in use today.

这座小教堂建于12世纪，今天仍在使用。

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The drains date from the beginning of the century.

下水道排水系统是本世纪初修的。

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Her work was in eclipse for most of the 20th century.

她的作品在20世纪大部分时间里都湮没无闻。

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The product has a pedigree going back to the last century.

这项产品的渊源可追溯到上个世纪。

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At most places there has been a general decrease in the strength over the past century, typically ten percent or so.

在大部分地方，磁场强度在过去的100年里总体上在下降，有代表性的是在10%左右。

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This world is so colorful, after a century, aviation has developed rapidly and brought aircraft.

飞机诞生100年后的世界竟这般五彩缤纷，航空航天飞行器以惊人的速度发展并带来航空航天业的兴旺发达。

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The community centre was set up under the auspices of a government initiative.

在政府的大力支持下社区中心建成了。

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Follow the signs for the city centre.

按照标牌的指示到市中心。

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The centre will serve the whole community.

这个中心将为整个社区提供服务。

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Zanzibar, exotic as the name may sound, has a terrible and sad history of once being the centre of the slave trade for Europe and America.

桑吉巴，名字看似甚有气派，但背后却有一段可怕及悲哀的历史，因它曾经是欧洲及美洲贩卖奴隶的中心点。

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Radiate from a common centre

从共同的中心点放射出来

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The flat is very central ─ just five minutes from Princes Street.

这套公寓位于市中心，去王子街只需要五分钟。

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Consumption rather than saving has become the central feature of contemporary societies.

现代社会的主要特征是消费而不是储蓄。

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According to the Customer Value Explore into the Central Strategy

基于顾客价值为中心的战略探讨

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In the central city of Kyoto, cherry blossoms peaked on March 26, the earliest in more than 1200 years, Aono said.

青野指出，京都市中心的樱花在3月26日达到全盛，这是1200多年来最早的一次。

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Cut back the stems of these flowers by about 20 centimetres.

剪掉这些花朵茎部大约20厘米。

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It's the smaller one I need-one hundred and thirty-one centimetres wide.

这是我需要的小一点的——131厘米宽。

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Raise the transmission by several centimetres and fit transmission cross member to holder.

将变速器举升几厘米，并将变速器横梁安装到保持架。

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Raise transmission a few centimetres and notch transmission cross member.

将变速器升高几厘米并在变速器横梁上刻凹痕标记。

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