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Long before Wilbur and Orville Wright started building glider models, those determined bicycle mechanics realized that achieving controlled flight depended largely on finding means to regulate lateral (side-to-side) stability in the air.
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早在魏尔柏?莱特和奥维尔?莱特两兄弟开始制造滑翔机模型之前,热血的自行车技工就知道,要能随心所欲地飞行,必须找出在空中维持侧向稳定的方法。 |
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Long before children are able to sp eak or understand a language, they communicate&nbs p;through facial expressions and by making noises.
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儿童在能说或能听懂语言之前,很久就会通过面部表情和靠发出噪声来与人交流了。 |
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Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they communicate through facile expressions and by making noises.
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儿童在能说或能听懂语言之前,很久就会通过面部表情和靠发出噪声来与人交流了。 |
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Long before entering the ring, Laila was a fighter.
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早在走进拳坛前,莱拉就是一名斗士。 |
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Long before he began trying to sell his philosophy to professional basketball players, Nets Coach Lawrence Frank used his creativity and persuasive power to make a fast buck.
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早在他将自己的篮球理论推销给职业球员之前,篮网主教练劳伦斯·弗兰克就开始用他的创造力和说服力赚点小钱了。 |
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Long before it was confirmed on February 28th, the downward revision of fourth-quarter GDP growth, to 2.2% at an annual rate, was expected.
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很久之前就有预计,美国第四季度GDP增长将向下修正到年增长率2.2%,这在2月28日已得到证实。 |
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Long before the Exodus a Tatar spat in his blood.
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在以色列人出埃及前很久,一个鞑靼人便朝他的血液里哗过唾沫。 |
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Long before the Niagara station came on line, however, Tesla grew restless and left Westinghouse.
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不过,早在尼加拉电厂运转之前,特士拉便因为待不下去而离开了西屋公司。 |
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Long before the emergence of the written word, ballads, accompanied by music and dance,and myths, passed around by word of mouth, were widely popular.
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与舞蹈和音乐相伴的歌谣跟口头流传的神话,远在文字出现之前就已大量产生。 |
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Long before the modern springboard and platform, people dived off cliffs and bridges into the water below, invigorated by the adrenaline rush as they descended through the air and plunged into the water below.
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在现代跳板和跳台发明之前的很长一段时间里,人们都是从悬崖或桥上跳入水中,在从空中下降直至入水的过程中,迅速分泌的肾上腺素使得人们产生了兴奋和快乐的感觉。 |
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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很久以来,我们一直通过自我反省了解我们自己,也通过反省的方式去了解我们所生活的家庭、社会和国家。 |