Over the centuries, farmers have discovered thousands of different species of food crops.
几个世纪以来，农民们已经发现了数千种不同的粮食作物。
Although church ritual had sustained an interest in timekeeping throughout the centuries of urban collapse that followed the fall of Rome, church time was nature's time.
尽管在罗马帝国灭亡后的城市崩溃的几个世纪里，教堂的仪式一直保持着人们对计时的兴趣，但教堂的时间是自然的时间。
Some two hundred eruptions have been recorded down through the centuries, but compared with other volcanoes, most of its eruptions have so far been fairly light in terms of death and destruction.
几个世纪以来，这座火山约有200次爆发的记录，但与其他火山相比，这座火山的爆发程度迄今为止都相当轻，造成的死亡和破坏较少。
The old fable continues to echo down the centuries.
这一古老的寓言流传了数个世纪。
People have made efforts to change Chinese characters over the centuries.
几个世纪以来，人们一直在努力改变汉字。
Over the centuries people have developed different ways of telling the time.
几个世纪以来，人们开发了多种不同的计量时间方法。
As the centuries passed, the rock cooled and hardened, shrinking and cracking into long columns.
几个世纪过去了，岩石冷却、硬化，随后收缩、开裂，变成了长长的石柱。
The arch is among the many important structural breakthroughs that have characterized architecture throughout the centuries.
拱门是彰显了数世纪以来的建筑特色的许多重要结构性突破之一。
Their massive wake creates waves at the bottom of the sea, weakening the foundations of the centuries-old buildings themselves.
它们巨大的尾流在海底形成浪潮，损坏了有数百年历史的建筑本身的地基。
Over the centuries, Etna's lowest slopes have been shaped by human hands to take advantage of rich soils for growing grapes, apples and nuts.
在过去的几个世纪里，埃特纳的低山坡都是由人类的双手开垦的，人们利用肥沃的土壤来种植葡萄、苹果和坚果。
These include the centuries-old custom of "bul", where leaders would call a temporary stop to fishing for key species in order to give fish stocks an opportunity to replenish.
这些传统包括几个世纪以来被称之为“bul”的旧习俗，领导人会要求暂停捕捞一些重要种类的鱼，给鱼类总储备量繁衍补充的机会。
If we acknowledge that human manipulation of the Earth has been a destructive force, we can also imagine that human endeavours can help us build a less destructive world in the centuries to come.
如果我们承认人类对地球的操纵是一种破坏，我们也可以认为，人类的努力可以帮助我们在未来几个世纪建立一个破坏性较小的世界。
The steps have been ground away by the passing feet of many visitors over the centuries.
这些台阶被几百年来众多参观者的过往脚步磨坏了。
Over the centuries, bad weather has taken its toll.
数个世纪以来，恶劣的天气带来损害。
For modern men, not much has changed over the centuries.
现代男人与几世纪前相比变化不大。
As film shows how much the tradition has deteriorated over the centuries.
许多电影也展示了这一传统历经几个世纪已经变了质。
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。
Choosing world wonders has been a continuing fascination over the centuries.
几个世纪以来，评选世界奇迹一直为人们所着迷。
But over the centuries, they have been the subjects of much speculation.
但数个世纪以来，人们对此有过很多猜测。
The definition of merchant banking has changed many times over the centuries.
商业银行业务的定义在这个世纪中已改变数次。
And over the centuries Venice's glass industry experienced changing fortunes.
数个世纪以来，威尼斯的玻璃吹制行业历经沧桑。
Many people across the centuries have claimed they could read other people's minds.
在过去的几个世纪里，很多人声称自己会读心术。
Over the centuries it became something every educated person "knew" was a violation.
几个世纪过后，就变成了每一个受过教育的人“知道”的错误。
Over the centuries, flowers replaced herbs as the preferred charm for dispelling evil.
在过去的几个世纪里，鲜花取代了草本植物，成为驱除邪恶的首选。
Over the centuries, the amount and the kinds of furniture people use have changed radically.
几个世纪以来，人们使用家具的种类和数量都发生了根本的改变。
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。
The four groups are still with us, though some have changed more than others over the centuries.
尽管其中有些人在经过几个世纪后比其他人有更大的变化，但这四组人现在我们还可以见到。
Over the centuries, and amid enough tears to fill an ocean, many of us have had to bury our loved ones.
几个世纪以来，在这段时间之中的泪水已足够填满一个海洋，我们中的许多人曾经不得不埋葬我们的亲人。
Over the centuries, and amid enough tears to fill an ocean, many of us have had to bury our loved ones.
几个世纪以来，在这段时间之中的泪水已足够填满一个海洋，我们中的许多人曾经不得不埋葬我们的亲人。
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