首家正式开张的酒馆可追溯至几个世纪之前了。
It would be centuries before the first recognisable pubs opened.
对威士忌酒税的对抗可以追溯到几个世纪之前。
几个世纪之前,历史学家发明了一个堪称经典的理论解释大国的兴衰。
Centuries ago, historians came up with a classic theory to explain the rise and decline of nations.
几个世纪之前,路人用石头将这些硬币砸入倒下的树干中,希望能带给他们好运。
From centuries ago, the COINS were usually knocked into felled tree trunks using stones by passers-by, who hoped it will bring them good fortune.
时尚规则基本上被那些数代甚至几个世纪之前的英国绅士和贵族支配着。
Fashion rules are largely dictated by what English gentleman and nobility did generations or even centuries ago.
内贾德在联合国大会开幕时发言称美国及其盟友国是苦难的根源,他们给世界带来的苦难可以追溯到几个世纪之前。
Ahmadinejad, speaking in an annual appearance at the opening of the General Assembly's new session, described the United States and its allies as the sources of misery going back centuries.
而到了2000年,发达国家的平均寿命是75岁—我们当中的大部分人甚至都还能看到自己的祖父母,这在几个世纪之前是相当不寻常的。
In 2000, the life expectancy in developed countries was 75 - and most of us have even met our grandparents, something that would have been quite unusual centuries ago.
早在盆景猫咪和灾难旅行者之前,就有恶搞的人拿“蹂躏”那些轻信的人来作为消遣,并因此臭名昭著。下面是一些网络时代甚至几个世纪之前的恶作剧。
Long before Bonsai Kittens and the tourist guy, hoaxsters have been wreaking havoc on the gullible to amuse themselves and maybe gain a little notoriety.
在那之前的几个世纪,游客就有饱餐一顿的场所了。
There were eating places travellers could go to centuries before that.
中世纪时期,现代银行和信用工具出现之前,人们在家里存钱,一次丢几个硬币到罐子或盘子里。
In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish.
早在外国探险家把茶带给欧洲和其他地方热情的民众之前,茶已在中国留传了几个世纪。
Tea remained in Chinese hands for centuries, before foreign explorers brought this to an enthusiastic public in Europe and other places.
虽然有些沿海小镇的捕鲸史长达几个世纪,在二战结束之前,吃鲸鱼的日本人相对来说还是很少的。二战以后才逐渐普及开来。
Though some coastal towns have hunted whale for centuries, relatively few Japanese ate whale regularly before the postwar years, which is when it took off.
在20世纪初英国人来到这里之前,在北卢安瓜荒原上坐落着几个比萨人和本巴人的部族村落。
Until the arrival of the British, in the early nineteen-hundreds, there were several villages of the Bisa and Bemba tribes in the North Luangwa wilderness.
很多今天仍在使用的梵语在中印度成书之前的几个世纪以来都在口头流传着。
Most Sanskrit texts available today were transmitted orally for several centuries before they were written down in medieval India.
在此部影片出现之前,人们很少把这座城市与浪漫联系起来。罗马,作为几个世纪以来西方文明的中心,是座英雄之城,而非浪漫之地。
Before the film the city seldom was associated with romance. Rome, the centre of Western civilization for centuries, had been a city of heroes rather than lovers.
曲棍球源于古代,在推广到世界各国之前就在英格兰开展了几个世纪。
Field hockey, of ancient origin, was played in England for centuries before it spread to other countries.
在欧洲,拉丁语在人们停止使用它之前的几个世纪里被用作一门通用语言。
In Europe. Latin was used as a common language for many centuries before people stopped using it.
几个世纪以后,一位叙利亚医师描述道:一种由粗面粉做的串状面食也被称作itrium,这种面条在烹调之前需要晒干。
Several centuries later, a string-like pasta called itrium, made of semolina and dried before cooking, was described by Syrian physicians.
这是三个钱坑的故事,也是货币退化的故事——很多人都有这种奇怪的决心,想把时钟往回拨几个世纪,回到很多进步发生之前。
This is a tale of three money pits. It's also a tale of monetary regress - of the strange determination of many people to turn the clock back on centuries of progress.
这是三个钱坑的故事,也是货币退化的故事——很多人都有这种奇怪的决心,想把时钟往回拨几个世纪,回到很多进步发生之前。
This is a tale of three money pits. It's also a tale of monetary regress - of the strange determination of many people to turn the clock back on centuries of progress.
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