As we saw in the preceding chapter, groups can be powerful agents of socialization.

如我们在前一章所见，团组可以是社会化的有力动因。

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By contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to1750, when England was still a completely agricultural country.

相比之下，在1650年到1750年之前的几百年里，英国还完全是一个农业国家。

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It is the same as in the preceding section.

这与之前的小节是一样的。

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We can also see in this phrase "in the Beginning" - we can see it applying to the end of the preceding clause, "That Shepherd who first taught the chosen Seed / in the Beginning."

太初“一词“,还修饰了后面跟着的从句，“那个牧羊人，最初向您的选民宣讲“

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More than 80 were killed in accidents in garment factories in the preceding year.

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However, fewer children said they had been drunk in the preceding week than in previous surveys.

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India imported 17.4 million tons of crude from Iran in the preceding financial year.

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