It began as a military communication system, which expanded into a government-funded civilian research network.

最初它是一个军事通信系统，后来扩展为一个政府资助的民用研究网络。

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Like many crazy ideas, it began as a temporary (and not wholly mad) scheme.

与许多疯狂的想法一样，它以一项临时性的方案开始(但不全是疯狂的)。

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It began as a game to pass the time while the rain fell and lightning struck.

它起源于打雷下雨时用来消磨时间的一个游戏。

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It began as part of the effort for the United States to hold the nineteen ninety-four World Cup competition.

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And so iconography began to represent this tree as an apple tree and so on, but it's not an apple tree.

因此插画中都将其描绘为一棵苹果树,但它确实不是苹果树。

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Some people will say as it began that human rights are thousands of years' old.

有人会说谈到起源,人权应该有几千年的历史了。

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It began as a traditional broadcast advertising program with strong, very funny creative.

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Most of these vendors chose Unix because it began as a free operating system with open source.

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In all sectors of economic life it began as the clocks struck on the day of currency reform.

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