For the past year he has been trying to wrest control from the central government.

在过去的一年里，他一直试图从中央政府手中夺回控制权。

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Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people and she knew she'd be able to finger spell into the man's palm.

克拉拉在过去的一年里一直在学习美国手语，以帮助盲人和聋人，她知道她可以在这个人的手掌上拼写。

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I have had small projects for the past year.

过去一年里我只有一些小计划。

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For the past year, the World Food Program has operated a project to prevent hunger in twenty-one countries in Africa.

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I think it's much severe than what you have experienced in the past year or two for the general economic situation.

甚至比过去两年的经济形势,还要严峻。

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We did have a large,short position in subprime mortgage-backed securities, which has paid off enormously for the University and really helped protect assets in the past nine months or a year.

我们确实曾持有很多,次级抵押担保证券的空头,它们为耶鲁赚了不少钱,并且在过去的9个月或1年间,为资产保值发挥了实在的作用

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For the past year, average hourly earnings are up 1.7%, while prices are up about 2%.

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We have debated this issue thoroughly, not just for the past year but for decades.

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The refining industry has had some strong trends working in its favor for the past year.

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