Even the calendar, the rhythm of the months, had become a mere convention; the moon went forward in fits and starts, as though it were about to collapse.

日历和月份的节律将变成一种过往的习俗；月亮时断时续的行进着，就好像随时就要崩溃一样。

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Initial theories set the disaster for May 2003, but when nothing happened the date was moved forward to the winter solstice in 2012, to coincide with the end of a cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar.

最初，这一理论认为2003年5月降爆发大灾难，结果什么都没发生，他们就把日期推迟到2012年冬至，与古玛雅历法中的循环结束相符。

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Sir Alex said the annual dinner is an event he always looks forward to on the calendar.

弗格森爵士说他一直在期待着这次的年度晚宴。

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Certainly, the forward calendar implies that new-issue volume will continue apace once the market gets back to business.

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There was speculation that the Fed may change the format of its forward guidance from a calendar-based outlook to an outcome-based one.

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