To judge from the ruins of Palmyra , it must once have been a beautiful city.
根据它的古迹判断, 帕尔迈拉曾是一座美丽的城市.
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Mary's late husband had been a judge, and she kept his gavel on the mantelpiece.
玛丽的已故的丈夫曾是个法官, 她把他的锤子一直放在壁炉上.
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Docklands in its heyday was a major centre of industrial and commercial activity.
港区在其最繁荣的时期曾是主要的工商业活动中心。
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A tsar was a living icon, invested with deep historical and religious significance.
沙皇曾是活着的圣像，具有深远的历史和宗教意义。
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Her father had been a mer-chant seaman, absent for much of her child-hood.
她爸爸曾是商船船员，在她童年的大部分时光里都不在她身边。
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Donetsk , Mr Yanukovich's hometown, was the industrial heartland of the Union.
而雅鲁克维奇先生的家乡顿涅茨克( Donetsk )就曾是前苏联的一个工业中心地带.
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I wanted to point out he was a very good speaker, and could incite a crowd.
我想说明他曾是一个非常出色的演讲家, 非常会调动群众的情绪.
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Elsing was younger , aa beauty, and about her there aa dainty imperious air.
她也曾是个美人,至今丰韵犹存, 眉宇间不无孤芳自赏的神气.
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So lots of famous Chinese painters were excellent imitators of those perfect works of art.
所以许多很有名的中国画家都曾是些艺术极品的临摹人.
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The hole is the opening to what was a dry cave system during the Ice Age.
在冰河年代,这个洞曾是一座干燥的洞穴系统的入口.
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