The English had been drinking claret for five centuries before Pepys's time;

早在佩皮斯所处时代的五个世纪之前，英国人就已经在喝波尔多红酒了；

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"The advantage is that it has been covered up for five centuries," he said. "it's been protected against the environment and vandalism and bad restorations."

“它的优势是被覆盖了五个世纪，”他说，“这使得它免于环境破坏和不良修复。”

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The Forbidden City had been the imperial palace for some five centuries, and now is the world's largest Palace Museum.

紫禁城在过去长达五个世纪的时间里一直作为皇宫，目前是世界上最大的博物院。

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That state is, of course, Florida, for five centuries the beckoning frontier of first European and then American yearning.

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But inside his head, in thousands of tales and ballads handed down for five centuries, lived kings, witches, demons and mermaids.

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The third complication is that England has an established church whose authority has been intertwined with the state's for five centuries.

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