Optimism was gradually taking the place of pessimism.

乐观正逐渐替代悲观。

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Computers have taken the place of typewriters in most offices.

在大多数办公室，电脑已经取代了打字机。

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Nothing can ever take the place of real love and family togetherness.

什么也取代不了真爱和家庭和睦。

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Douglas argued that the compromise of eighteen fifty took the place of the earlier Missouri compromise of eighteen twenty.

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Then Moses the servant of God died there, in the land of Moab, as God had said, and he buried him in the valley, in the land of Moab...but no man knows the place of his burial, to this day.

上帝的仆人摩西死在哪里，在摩押地，正如上帝所说的，并且上帝将他埋在那里，在摩押地,只是到今日没有人知道他的坟墓。

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to know a bit more of the history of the place you're living in than if you weren't before.

让你更多地了解关于你生活的地方的历史。

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In the file, AOL used serial numbers in the place of users' screen names.

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The other is to exaggerate the place of world affairs in their own job.

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And we tell them to please come back home, the place of your safety and honor.

CNN: Ban: Syrian regime 'failed to protect civilians'