He was now breathing on his own and had a palpable, though rapid, pulse.

他现在已经自己呼吸了，脉搏可以摸到，尽管有点急促。

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The engineering application and the study on cement-loess are still far behind other branches of the homogeneous subject even though rapid progress has taken place in this area.

水泥土的工程应用及研究近年来有了长足的进展，但还是远远落后于同类学科的其他分支。

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These demands resulted in a very rapid expansion of the systems of higher education, beginning in the 1960s and developing very rapidly (though unevenly) during the 1970s and 1980s.

这些需求导致了高等教育体系的迅速扩张，它始于20世纪60年代，迅速发展于70年代和80年代（尽管并不均衡）。

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Increased evaporation from the exposed sea should also mean more snowfall to compensate for the ice cap's losses (though together with rapid erosion at the margins this could increase the gradient of the ice cap, making it less stable.) But this is small consolation for another big fear: rapid thawing of the Arctic permafrost.

ECONOMIST: The science

Dinosaurs are not unique in showing signs of rapid growth, though.

ECONOMIST: Or, rather, the dinosaur and the crocodile

Things looked to be improving after Georgia's Rose Revolution in 2003: under Mr Saakashvili's stewardship, the country enjoyed several years of rapid economic growth, though critics claim it came at the expense of civil liberties.

ECONOMIST: The perils and persistence of displacement