Fame is often simply a matter of being in the right place at the right time.

成名常常是身在其位，恰逢其时，仅此而已。

《牛津词典》

I would suggest that for the time being you behave as circumspectly as possible in political matters.

我建议，眼下你还是在政治问题上表现得尽可能谨慎些。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He was punctilious about being ready and waiting in the entrance hall exactly on time.

他拘于礼数地准备妥当，按时在门厅的入口处等候。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Owning another human being was legal in many parts of the United States at that time.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

I'm going to read passages quite a bit today, since some of you may not have been able to get the RIS packet in time, it being shopping period.

会怎样，可能有同学没拿到课件,我会多讲些，由于还没步入正轨。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It was a little primitive establishment almost a commune in which Welles being a teenager, the grown-up will have a great time.

那是一个原始的建筑,就像一个小社区，在那里,威尔斯度过了少年。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

So there's plenty of work for the President to do in the time being.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Michigan, meanwhile, is back in the Four the first time in 20 years, the last time being in 1993 with the Fab Five.

WSJ: Jason Gay | A Heart-Stopping Moment in Indy

The potential of a skill good guy being in the right place at the right time, while not being the first killed in an ambush attack, is highly unlikely.

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