英汉双语例句-生物医药大词典

For centuries, the mystique of the pearl centered on the mystery of its origins.

中文意思：
几个世纪以来，珍珠的形成一直是一个谜。

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	For centuries, chimney-sweeps in Europe were a wandering breed.			欧洲的烟囱清洁工曾经都是漂泊一族，这种状况维持了数百年之久。
	For centuries, every society has tried to destroy prostitutes, but they don't understand that it is a by-product.			很多世纪，每个社会都试图消灭妓女，但他们不理解妓女只是副产品。
	For centuries, people searched for them , because it was believed that thier horns or thier blood would have magical medicinal qualities, and these characteristics of unicorns do come into play in the stories.			许多世纪以来人们寻找着它们，因为据说它们的角和血具有神气的治疗作用，独角兽的这些特点也都在《哈利·波特》书中出现过。
	For centuries, the Chinese had used kites to test the winds before setting sail in a ship.			之后的几个世纪，中国人在航海中使用风筝来测量风向—设定船帆的方向。
	For centuries, the Danube was the greatest route in Europe.			几个世纪以来，多瑙河是欧洲最伟大的路线。
	For centuries, the mystique of the pearl centered on the mystery of its origins.			几个世纪以来，珍珠的形成一直是一个谜。
	For centuries, the natives there regarded cocoa as a gift from the gods.			几个世纪以来，当地的居民把可可看作神的恩赐。
	For centuries, thinkers from Aristotle to Darwin tried to discern the nature and origins of humor, only to have their ideas trail off without a punch line.			多少个世纪以来，从亚里斯多德到达尔文，不知有多少大思想家都希望搞清楚幽默的本质及其起源，可都仅仅停留在对各种想法的验证水平上，最后都没能留下什么精妙的结论。
	For certain applications it may do neither—it's a paradigm, not a panacea.			不过对某些应用程式来说，则可能两者皆非，毕竟这只是一种典範，而不是万灵丹。
	For certain contracts settled in cash, the contract size may be stated as a dollar multiplier applicable per point change in the contract price (S&P500 Index).			对于以现金方式结算的特定合约，能用可适用的金额乘数来表示其合约规模，即合约价格（标准普尔500指数）中的每个点数变动。
	For certain reasons I will be unable to attend the meeting.			因为某种原因，我不能出席这次会议。