The incandescent light bulb, invented by Thomas Edison, which came to be the symbol of inspiration, has been developed into hundreds, if not thousands, of forms.

托马斯·爱迪生发明的白炽灯成为了灵感的象征，现在已经演变成数百种甚至数千种形式了。

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We have the potential for losing hundreds if not thousands of species.

我们可能失去数千或至少数百个物种。

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Hundred, if not thousands, of people are feared to havedied in the disaster.

这场地震恐造成至少数百人，甚至数千人死亡。

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(MUISC) The thousands who rushed to Colorado soon found that there was not as much gold as expected.

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And it was a fine programme exceppt it was not the right programme for the Afghanistan that need thousands of ordinary policeman patrolling the country and doing things.

项目本身不错,但是并不适合阿富汗本身,因为阿富汗需要的是成千上万的普通警察在不停地巡视，工作。

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The Buddha talked about it thousands of years ago, "Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

佛在几千年前就谈到它，“一支蜡烛可以点燃千支蜡烛，蜡烛的生命不会被缩短。

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We look forward to hundreds if not thousands more pitches in the coming months and years.

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But which one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of chocolates to choose from?

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Hundreds if not thousands of these warheads are deployed on our strategic submarines today.

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