Ant societies existed in something like their present form more than seventy million years ago.

蚂蚁社会大约在七千万年前就以类似现在的形式存在。

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They were, rather, a loose collection of songs transmitted by generations of Greek bards, and only redacted in their present form at some later date.

相反，它们是由几代希腊吟游诗人传唱的散文集，只是后来才以现代的形式进行了编辑。

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It took a two-year fight with his former employers for Mr Carle to get the book published in its present form.

卡勒先生向他的前任上司争取了两年时间，这本书才最终得以以现在的形式面世。

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Land reform in its present form is counter-productive.

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