The Christian church has adapted many pagan ideas over the centuries.

几个世纪以来，基督教会已经采用并改编许多异教思想。

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People have made efforts to change Chinese characters over the centuries.

几个世纪以来，人们一直在努力改变汉字。

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Over the centuries people have developed different ways of telling the time.

几个世纪以来，人们开发了多种不同的计量时间方法。

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He said the ancient peoples' remains had remained in very good condition over the centuries.

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Every once in a while we'll bring up an issue of well, how has this been interpreted over the centuries?

偶尔我们会提到，几个世纪以来是如何解读的？

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And from time to time, particularly in section discussion, you will have occasion to consider the ways in which sometimes in very contradictory ways--over the centuries.

在课堂讨论中，大家需要不断地去考虑,有时候甚至可能是持续几个世纪的完全相反的说法。

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The making of beer has changed dramatically over the centuries--particularly during the last one.

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What strikes as a pleasing combination of flavours seems to have changed over the centuries.

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Tim Taylor has a nice piece on the price of nails over the centuries.

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