As the Roman Empire grew, the Romans needed to take control of the seas and for this they needed to build harbours capable of holding a fleet of ships.

随着罗马帝国的发展，罗马人需要控制海洋，为此他们需要建造能够容纳一支舰队的港口。

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However, they're more cautious about sharing information with nonmembers, as the organization guards against others developing the ability to hijack and take control of their satellites.

然而，他们在与非成员共享信息时更加谨慎，因为组织会防范其他组织的劫持和控制其卫星的能力得到发展。

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She was thwarted in her attempt to take control of the party.

她控制这个政党的企图受阻了。

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It also used the trail to take control of an area that is now New Mexico and part of California.

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It was the destiny of a white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, United States to take control and improve this great land it had been given.

它认为由白种人,盎格鲁撒克逊人,清教徒们,注定要在这块上天赐给他们的土地上,经营管理,建立国家

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They also said it was a bad idea for the United States to take control of any nation in the Caribbean.

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There is, of course, no time line, and it will depend totally on the ability of the Iraqi forces to take control of parts of Iraq and to maintain security in those areas.

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The UK faces a "big battle" in the EU institutions over rules governing access to benefits, accusing EU officials of trying to "take control" of policies previously left to member states.

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Another new feature is that gamers can let one of their friends connect to their machine and take control of their character to help if they have got stuck, or allow several friends to watch their live progress as spectators.

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