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The oldest is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP): the idea that, in the long run, exchange rates should equalise prices across countries (The Economist's Big Mac index is a crude version of this).
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最古老的方法建立购买力平价理论(PPP)之上:其理念是,在长期汇率应该使各国间的价格水平相等(《经济学人》的巨无霸指数就是一种粗略的版本)。 |
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The oldest known Chinese characters were found on this 3,000-year-old oracle bone inscription. The strokes are generally thin, like children's sketches, and the size varies.
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距今3千多年前的甲骨文是我们目前已知最早的汉字,由于它是用刀刻在龟甲兽骨上的,所以字形有大有小,笔道很细,每个字都像是一幅小孩子画的画。 |
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The oldest known horned dinosaur in North America is called Zuniceratops. It lived 12 million years before Ryan's find, and also had large horns.
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目前在北美地区发现的最为古老的有角恐龙是祖尼角龙。它生活的年代比上面所说的那个恐龙还要早上1200万年,其头上同样长着多只硕大的角。 |
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The oldest known intact rocks on Earth, located in northwestern Canada, are 3.96 billion years old.
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已知在地球上保存完好最古老的岩石位于加拿大的西北方,有39.6亿年。 |
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The oldest known map in the accepted sense of the word was drawn about 3,800 BC, and represents the river Euphrates flowing through northern Mesopotamia, Iraq.
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现在已知的被公认为世上最古老的地图绘制于公元前3800年,这幅地图描绘的是流经伊拉克北部的美索不达米亚平原的幼发拉底河。 |
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The oldest maps are clay discs made by the Babylonians around 2300 B.C.
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世界上最古老的地图约在公元前2300年由巴比伦人以泥版制成。 |
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The oldest monuments are grouped around the tomb of St James and the cathedral, which contains the remarkable Portico de la Gloria.
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城中最古老的古迹都坐落在圣雅各的坟墓和奉有圣雅各圣骨的教堂周围。 |
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The oldest of the aircraft were scrapped.
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这架最旧的飞机被拆了. |
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The oldest one said, That is just a joyful salute that they are firing because soon we will have disenchanted our princes.
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大公主说:“这声音一定是我们的王子发出的,只有他们才会对我们的到来欢呼雀跃。” |
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The oldest one said, “Father, then the kingdom belongs to me, for I am so lazy that whenever I lie down to sleep, and a drop falls into my eyes, I will not even close them so that I can fall asleep.
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老大说:“既然这样,这王位就是我的,因为我是最懒的儿子,当我躺下睡觉时,有任何东西落到我的眼睛里,我也懒得去擦掉,即使不能把眼睛闭上,我仍然会继续睡觉。” |
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The oldest one was looking at her reflection in an ornament on the Christmas tree.
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最大的那个孩子看这圣诞树上面的装饰品到映出来自己的样子。 |