FOR 40-odd years now, as Barack Obama lamented on March 30th, American politicians have banged on endlessly about the evils of America's dependence on imported oil, without doing very much about it.
正如巴拉克·奥巴马在3月30日所感叹的那样,迄今40多年以来,美国政界就美利坚合众国对进口石油高依赖的危害性说了很多,但是做得却很少。
Suppose there's somebody alive forty odd years form now in the year 2050.
假定有个人生活在,四十多年后,也就是2050年。
The map is an old map of the Kingdom of Fife (where we now live) that my husband has had for 15 or odd years, so amazing that we are now there!)
这是法夫郡的地图(我们现在住的地方就是法夫郡),我丈夫大概十五年前就有这张地图了,我们现在居然住在这里,真是不可思议。
I've been living with my Uzbek host family and various relatives for five years now, and no longer find it odd to head off to the bazaar with a couple of nephews in tow to help carry bags.
我在乌兹·别克的寄宿家庭住了5年了,同住的还有他们的各房亲戚,再也不觉得领着一群帮忙提东西的侄子去集市有多么奇怪。
Early during the Spring and Autumn period, 2500 odd years from now, Winter solstice was first determined as the Chinese traditional solar term among the total 24 terms.
早在春秋时期到现在的2500多年,冬至日就是根据太阳周期的传统中国24节气中最先定下的节气。
More than two years old, Shade meets monthly to maximise co-ordination and communication among the 40-odd navies now protecting shipping off the Horn of Africa.
两年多岁,阴影每月开会,尽量协调,深入40现在保护过非洲之角的海军船舶多沟通。
With his daughters' leaving and the passing away of his father who taught him playing "ODD", Boyisi is now living on the mountain with his wife and his mother who is over 100 years old.
女儿们陆续出嫁了,传授“哦得得”技艺的父亲也离开了人世,大山里只剩下波溢泗和妻子以及年过百岁的母亲。
Few people can have imagined that the status of the school they attended 20-odd years ago should now affect the first step of their children on the path towards success.
许多人做梦都没有想到自己二十几年前念的小学,竟关系到孩子成功的第一步。
Few people can have imagined that the status of the school they attended 20-odd years ago should now affect the first step of their children on the path towards success.
许多人做梦都没有想到自己二十几年前念的小学,竟关系到孩子成功的第一步。
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