几世纪以来，一种重要的佐料却找不到了——第一批西红柿直到16世纪才从南美洲传到欧洲。
For centuries one important ingredient was missing—the first tomatoes were not brought to Europe until the sixteenth century, from South America.
几世纪以来，许多外来势力竞相控制了这块区域。
Over the centuries, numerous foreign powers succeeded in controlling the area.
佐林：几世纪以来，炼金术士尝试从贱金属中提取黄金。
Max Zorin: For centuries alchemists tried to make gold from base metals.
那就是音乐家和科学家们几世纪以来一直试图寻觅的东西。
That's something that musicians and scientists have been trying to figure out for centuries.
几世纪以来，英国与法国的关系是一种的爱恨交织的关系。
For centuries, the relationship between Britain and France is ____________.
与几世纪以来的偏见正相反，一个感情激荡的念头并不一定是不理智的。
Contrary to centuries of prejudice, an emotional thought isn't necessarily an irrational one.
继续“挖掘”的话我们会发现，抓狂的作家不仅这几年有，几世纪以来就有了。
Further digging proved that writers have been psyching themselves out not just for years, but for over a century.
不清楚是什么人创造了这个词，不过法国几世纪以来都是非官方的世界浪漫之都。
It's unclear who coined the phrase, but France has been the unofficial romance capital of the world for centuries.
由于没有王室或贵族的血统，米德尔顿将成为几世纪以来第一个与王室继承人结婚的平民。
With no royal or aristocratic pedigree, Middleton will be the first commoner to marry an heir to the throne in centuries.
几世纪以来生物学家都知道鸟类的骨头又细又空，但鸟类的骨架并不比相同体积的哺乳动物的轻。
For centuries, biologists have known that bird bones are thin and hollow. Yet bird skeletons don't actually weigh any less than the skeletons of similarly sized mammals.
巴夭族几世纪以来都生活在海洋上，在菲律宾，马来西亚和印度尼西亚的大片海洋区域上来来往往。
A member of the Bajau ethnic group, a Malay people who have lived at sea for centuries, plying a tract of ocean between the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.
例如，它否决了那些想法，即几世纪以来以生动视觉的艺术为前提，如实地再现那些在自然界看到的东西。
For example, it rejects what was thought for centuries to be the premise of visual art, the faithful reproduction of the look of things in the natural world.
数千年几世纪以来，无论公开还是私下，无数人都没考虑到第四条基本法则，这给人类带来无法计算的损失。
Through centuries and millennia, in public as in private life, countless individuals have failed to take account of the Fourth Basic Law and the failure has caused mankind incalculable losses.
几世纪以来，水手们一直称白鲸为“海上金丝雀”，因为它们的叫声悦耳动听。不过白鲸似乎像鹦鹉的地方更多一点。
For centuries, sailors have called belugas "sea canaries, " for their musical squeaks and chirps. But this beluga turned out to be less canary and more parrot.
石榴在寒露时期成熟。几世纪以来，石榴因其精致饱满的色泽，甜美多汁的风味和较高的营养价值而广受人们的喜爱。
Pomegranatesare ripe during Cold Dew. Pomegranates have been cherished for their exquisite beauty, flavor, color, and health benefits for centuries.
几世纪以来， 纳米比亚海岸的浓雾经常酿成船难，使某段海岸线有「骷髅海岸」之称；不过大雾也造就出甲虫特有的行为。
The same fogs that have caused shipwrecks for centuries, giving a section of the Namibian shoreline the name of Skeleton Coast, have shaped insect morphology and behavior.
对拍卖商手中最昂贵的货品，如画作、雕塑和古董，客户们则用电话方式竞投，或是在拍卖大厅通过举手竞价，正如几世纪以来他们所作的那样。
For the auctioneer's most expensive offerings-paintings, sculptures and antiques-they telephoned or went to the saleroom and bid at auction by raising their arms, as they have done for centuries.
新奥尔良 新奥尔良很明显已经处在危险边缘了，我们知道阿姆斯特丹几世纪以来都位于海平面一下，但是情况还不错——那么为什么它还会出现在这张单子上呢？
New Orleans New Orleans, of course, already had one brush with death, and we know Amsterdam has been fine for centuries while existing below sea level–so why is the Big Easy included on this list?
新奥尔良 新奥尔良很明显已经处在危险边缘了，我们知道阿姆斯特丹几世纪以来都位于海平面一下，但是情况还不错——那么为什么它还会出现在这张单子上呢？
New Orleans New Orleans, of course, already had one brush with death, and we know Amsterdam has been fine for centuries while existing below sea level–so why is the Big Easy included on this list?
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