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He was born at the turn of the century.

他出生于世纪之交.

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Opera reached its zenith at the turn of the century.

歌剧在本世纪初达到了它的顶峰.

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People in this region embraced Christianity at the turn of the century.

这一地区的人在本世纪初开始信奉基督教.

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People often press the close button when they step into an elevator instead of waiting for it to close automatically their horns repeatedly if you are just a few seconds slow at the turn of a green light.

电梯明明可以自动关闭，总有人急切地伸出手去按关门键；绿灯亮了汽车起步晚半秒钟，后面的司机就会按喇叭催促。

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People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium.

千年来临时,人们开始求助于神秘论.

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The town of Amite City was a hub of commercial activity at the turn of the century.

阿米特城是世纪之交商业活动的中心。

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Her family came to Los Angeles at the turn of the century.

她的祖先在世纪之交时来到洛杉矶。

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Joseph Conrad is a very important modernist writer at the turn of the 20 th century.

康拉德是19世纪末20世纪初重要的英语作家之一.

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" And then he disappears at the turn of the pass , Leaving behind him only hoof-prints . "

山 回路 转不见 君, 雪上空留马行处.

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One is the reason why trade slumped so badly at the turn of the year.

一是就是贸易为何在今年底或明年初如此严重地下滑.

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It may not have been ladylike to depict a giant spider devouring a hummingbird, but when Merian did it at the turn of the 18th century, surprisingly, nobody objected.

描绘一只正在吞食蜂鸟的巨型蜘蛛可能不是淑女行径，但当梅里安在18世纪之交如此做时，出乎意料的是竟无人反对。

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Automobiles were strange things to see at the turn of the century.

19世纪末、20世纪初的时候,汽车还是一种很罕见的东西.

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Just as at the turn of the century, we hover between great hopes and great fears.

正如世纪之交时那样，我们再次在巨大的希望和忧虑之间彷徨不定。

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This magnificent German Silver Centerpiece at the turn of the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries.

这个宏伟的德国银森特皮斯了在19世纪末和20世纪初之交.

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He dominated the plant taxonomic world at the turn of the twentieth century.

他在二十世纪曾垄断了整个植物分类学界.

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Heading back downtown toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi state reunion ．

回到她在市中心的酒店，那些大城市的朋友惊讶地发现这些事件将纽约餐会变成了密西西比州团聚。

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