Now the centuries-old preference for sons is eroding—or even reversing.
如今，人们上百年来对儿子的偏好，正被削弱，甚至扭转。
China is a great country with a centuries-old history and brilliant cultures.
中国是一个伟大的国家，有着悠久的历史和灿烂的文化。
But market analysts say the centuries-old time-telling tool is trying to make a comeback.
但是，市场分析人士认为这种古老的计时工具正在回归潮流。
Every building here is an exciting story, a testament to the centuries-old history of Shanghai.
这里的每一幢大厦都演绎过一个激动人心的故事，是上海百年历史的见证。
Dizzying towers of rock soar above Greece's northern plains and support centuries-old monasteries.
令人头晕目眩的石塔伫立在希腊北边的平原，支撑著好几百年的修道院。
The results of both studies are likely to be controversial, perhaps resurrecting a centuries-old debate.
上述两项研究成果颇受争议，甚至复苏了数百年前的论战。
This is a centuries-old industry, governed by the world’s oldest food law, the 1516 Reinheitsgebot (purity law).
这是一种世纪工业，由世界最古老的食品法——1516 年《德国啤酒纯度法》指导的工业。
Chris Moss joins a walking holiday in the Couserans that lets visitors join in the centuries-old festivities.
作者克里斯·莫斯参加了一个在库兹郎(Couserans)地区的徒步假日，游客可以亲身体验这个古老的庆典活动。
This makes perfect sense, especially in a region where traditional medicine has an ancient centuries-old home.
这非常有意义，尤其是在传统医药已有数千年历史的地区。
While the research might be biological, the ability to make headway on this centuries-old problem is technological.
虽然这项研究可能是生物学的范畴，但在这个持续数世纪的难题上取得的进展却是靠技术的力量。
Waiter: It also tastes good. Our centuries-old restaurant is well known for specializing in this particular dish.
服务员：吃起来也很棒。我们餐馆是有着数百年历史的餐馆，因专长做这道菜而闻名。
Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have found a likely solution to a centuries-old riddle of the night sky.
通过NASA的斯皮策太空望远镜，天文学家们很可能为夜空中的一个古老的谜题找到了答案。
When the Germans began laying tracks in 1904, construction followed along the centuries-old caravan route cleared by Arab traders.
当德国人在1904年开始铺设路轨时，铁路是沿着有几个世纪历史的阿拉伯商人开辟的马车路建设的。
Many of the centuries-old buildings in L'Aquila, where the 6.3-magnitude quake struck overnight Sunday, sustained severe damage.
拉奎拉省的很多年代久远的建筑在周日晚发生的6.3级地震中遭受了严重破坏。
A centuries-old tradition of wearing a white horse-hair wig in court ended for many judges when a simpler new dress code came into force.
一项更为简便的新着装规范开始实行，对许多法官而言，延续数百年在法庭上戴白色马尾假发的传统就此结束。
The Commonwealth countries agreed Friday to change centuries-old rules of succession that put sons on the throne ahead of any older sisters.
本周五，联盟体已达成协议，表示要颠覆百年来男性在王位继承上优于女性的传统。
The centuries-old practice has been condemned by gender rights groups but defended by Zulus as means of combating teenage pregnancy and HIV。
这个习俗已经延续了几百年，招致性别平等组织的谴责，对此祖鲁人辩护称这只是针对青少年早孕、青少年艾滋病等问题的预防手段。
But aside from avoiding cigarette smoke, roller coasters and deli meats, there's only so much that we can do to control this centuries-old tradition.
但除了避免抽烟、环滑铁道和熟食肉类，这也仅是我们能做的，控制着这悠久的传统。
You knew that, but you might not be aware of stress relief tactics-centuries-old practices, in some cases-that women in foreign locales rely on.
你明白这一点，但你也许不知道各国女性们千百年来运用的减压的方法。
Locals have nicknamed it "blue diamond"; its colour comes from being cleaved from centuries-old compressed ice at the ancient heart of the glacier.
当地人称它为“蓝钻石“；它的颜色来自于古老冰川中心几个世纪压缩冰的崩裂。
The case came just months after Lord Judge warned that the misuse of the Internet was a major threat to the future of our centuries-old jury system.
案发后几个月主法官警告说，滥用互联网对于我们的百年陪审员制度来说，是一个重大的威胁。
Welcome to the hutong; centuries-old, tree-lined alleyways that are the true heartbeat of this unique city and a real-life link to its fascinating past.
欢迎来到胡同，这个拥有几百年历史的林荫道，它是这个城市的精髓所在，它将动人的历史照进生活。
In Sweden the fish are grilled, smoked, fried, roasted, or dropped into soup for the autumn eel party, a centuries-old tradition on the Skåne coast in the south.
在瑞典，人们烧烤、熏制、油炸、烘烤鳗鱼或把它们放进为秋季鳗鱼派对准备的汤里，这是南部的斯科纳海岸有着数百年历史的传统。
China, with its 1.3 billion people, and the Arab world, with its several hundred million people, both shoulder the sacred mission of renewing our centuries-old civilizations.
拥有13亿人口的中国同拥有数亿人口的阿拉伯世界，都肩负着让古老文明焕发青春的神圣使命。
China, with its 1.3 billion people, and the Arab world, with its several hundred million people, both shoulder the sacred mission of renewing our centuries-old civilizations.
拥有13亿人口的中国同拥有数亿人口的阿拉伯世界，都肩负着让古老文明焕发青春的神圣使命。
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