例句
	
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			In recent years, the small town has enjoyed a bigger boom than ever.
			近年来这个小城镇比以往任何时候都更加繁荣。
			
		
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			“I'm sure there were over 10, 000 people at the demonstration.”“Oh, go on with you—it looked like a few hundred, that's all.”
			“我确定有一万多人参加游行。”“噢, 别开玩笑了!看起来好像就只有几百人!”
			
		
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			Careful make-up and styling can take years off you (=make you look much younger).
			仔细化妆和头发造型能使人显得年轻。
			
		
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			It took him several years to work off the loan he owed us.
			他花了好几年的时间才逐渐还清欠我们的债务。
			
		
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			Another hundred thousand copies of the novel have been struck off since last year.
			自从去年以来, 那部小说又印了十万册。
			
		
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			He signed on for nine years in the infantry.
			他签署了志愿书要在步兵服役九年。
			
		
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			I will try to find that old book, but it's been packed away for years.
			我将尽力去找那本旧书, 但是它已被搁置多年了。
			
		
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			I have been in this job for five years now.It is time I were moving on.
			这种工作我已干了五年, 也该提升了。
			
		
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			No, it's not mine; it's been knocking about the house for years.
			不, 那不是我的, 好几年了这本书就扔在屋里没人管。
			
		
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			Is the same chairman still knocking about? I thought he had left years ago.
			这位主席还活着?我还以为他多年前就死了呢。