Field hockey, of ancient origin, was played in England for centuries before it spread to other countries.
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。
He points out that martial arts had existed in China for centuries before the Shaolin temple began practicing kung fu.
武术在中国源远流长，早在少林寺建成之前中国人就已开始习武。
The Comparative Law had been being into existence for centuries before itbecame the habit of self-analysis and obtained a name.
在成为人们自我分析的习惯并获得一个命名以前，比较法在英国已经存在了几个世纪了。
Other discoveries made at Mahabalipuram earlier this month include a granite lion of a similar age to the temple that experts believe had been buried for centuries before the tsunami shifted the sand.
本月早些时候，在马哈巴利普兰还有其他一些发现，包括和这座寺庙年代相仿的一只花岗岩石狮，专家认为在海啸冲走浮沙之前，它已经在海底埋藏了数个世纪。
Cyrano was dead and buried for a good three centuries before the first manned rockets started to fly.
在第一批载人火箭开始飞行之前，西拉诺已经死了，且已被掩埋了整整三个世纪。
Teotihuacán obsidian must have been recognized as a valuable commodity for many centuries before the great city arose.
在特奥蒂瓦坎这座伟大的城市崛起前数百年，它的黑曜石就必然已经被认为是极有价值的商品了。
Washing up or changing clothing before a meal has been a ritual in cultures around the world for centuries, as is saying a prayer or blessing.
在全世界多个世纪以来，进餐前洗手洗脸或者换衣服已经是已经是一种文化仪式了，也被说是一种祈祷或祝福。
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.
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。
Two more centuries elapsed before this information was organized and synthesized into an explanation for "spontaneous generation" of life.
经过两个多世纪之后，这一知识被条理化了，被综合成为对生命“自发生说”的一种解释。
Tea remained in Chinese hands for centuries, before foreign explorers brought this to an enthusiastic public in Europe and other places.
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。
Carbon molecules emitted by fossil fuels and deforestation linger for many centuries in the atmosphere before breaking apart.
化石燃料和毁林排放的碳分子滞留于大气中，经过许多世纪才能分解掉。
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.
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。
Most Sanskrit texts available today were transmitted orally for several centuries before they were written down in medieval India.
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。
For many Mexicans, the ancient site, abandoned by its mysterious inhabitants centuries before the Spanish conquerors arrived, remains the ultimate symbol of Mexican identity and nationhood.
数百年前在西班牙征服者到来之前被这里的神秘居民所抛弃的这座古城，对很多墨西哥人来说依然是墨西哥民族和国家身份的根本象征。
For some centuries before there was experimental proof, it was believed that the speed of light must be finite.
在有实验证明以前好几个世纪，人们就已相信光的速率必定是有限的。
In Europe. Latin was used as a common language for many centuries before people stopped using it.
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。
That night, Death took the old woman, and he was busy long after carrying off the souls of people who, if not for the music, would have died years or centuries before.
那天夜里，死神抓走了老妇人，然后他又忙着带走那些本该在几年前，甚至几个世纪前就该死去的人们。
The English had been drinking claret for five centuries before Pepys's time;
早在佩皮斯所处时代的五个世纪之前，英国人就已经在喝波尔多红酒了；
Cadmium is difficult to be biodegradable, accumulate in the soil for many centuries before being absorbed by plants, eventually the human food chain through ingestion.
镉难于被生物分解，在土壤中积聚数个世纪后才被植物吸收，最终被人类经过食物链摄取。
Cadmium is difficult to be biodegradable, accumulate in the soil for many centuries before being absorbed by plants, eventually the human food chain through ingestion.
镉难于被生物分解，在土壤中积聚数个世纪后才被植物吸收，最终被人类经过食物链摄取。
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