The first documented English mill was in the eighth century, but three centuries later about 5,000 were recorded, suggesting that every settlement of any size had its mill.
英国第一个有记载的磨坊出现在8世纪，但在3个世纪后，有记录的磨坊达到5000个，这表明任何规模的殖民地都有自己的磨坊。
The other aspects have been recognised only for a few centuries but they are becoming more and more important.
其他方面的认识只是在几个世纪前才被认识到，但它们正变得越来越重要。
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。
This was not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid, but an average guy, up against the best trained, best equipped, fiercest, most brutal enemies seen in centuries.
这不是一个志愿兵，也不是一个收入丰厚的人，而是一个普通人，起而反抗几个世纪以来训练最好、装备最好、最凶猛、最野蛮的敌人。
Most people are familiar with bungee jumping, but do you know bungee jumping started on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu and is almost fifteen centuries old?
大多数人对蹦极都很熟悉，但是你知道吗？蹦极起源于瓦努阿图的Pentecost岛，已经有1500年的历史了。
Bracken fern has been spreading from its woodland strongholds for centuries, but the rate of encroachment into open countryside has lately increased alarmingly throughout northern and western Britain.
蕨类植物已经从它的林地据点向外蔓延了几个世纪，但是最近在整个英国北部和西部，蕨类植物侵入开阔乡村的速度却惊人地增长。
Unburnt vegetation rots quickly, but black carbon persists in the soil for many centuries.
未燃烧的植物腐烂得很快，但黑碳在土壤中存留了好几个世纪。
Not many of our readers would choose to go for a swim in such low temperatures, but in some countries, ice swimming has been popular for centuries.
我们的读者中没有多少人会选择在如此低温下游泳，但在某些国家，冰泳已经流行了好几个世纪。
These claims about the earth were seemingly obvious in previous centuries, but we now know them to be false.
在几个世纪以前，关于地球的这些说法看上去是很明显，但我们现在知道这些都是错的。
But after two centuries of technological improvements, productivity has "turned the corner" and is now moving rapidly up the more vertical part of the exponential curve.
但积累了两个世纪的技术进步后，生产力增速达到“拐点”并正沿着指函数曲线陡峭段迅速上升。
The church at Llangernyw is itself centuries old, but the site it stands on was sacred thousands of years before it was built.
欧兰格纳的教堂本身已有好几世纪的历史，但是它所在的那块地早在它建造时就已有成千上万的神圣历史了。
But financial excesses existed centuries before a brick had been laid on Wall Street.
但是金融过度在华尔街没有一砖一瓦的时候就已经存在了世纪有余。
England's peatlands are a crucial buffer against climate change but have been extensively damaged by centuries of inappropriate management.
英格兰的沼泽地能够缓解气候变化，但在几个世纪的不适当对待后已经遭到了大面积的破坏。
Mr.Johnson has written about the famous and notorious around the world and across centuries, but he's not above telling of his personal encounters with history.
约翰逊笔下写过这世界上数个世纪以来无数的名人与恶人，可就是没有写过关于他个人的任何际遇。
A similar decline occurred in East Asia during recent centuries but was reversed, step by step, by Japan in the nineteenth century and the Asian “tigers” after World War II.
在近几个世纪中，东亚也曾出现相似的衰退，但随着日本在19世纪的崛起、亚洲“四小龙”在二战后的兴起，东亚又逐渐恢复了活力。
Do not tell me, 'It is a mystery that humans have been pondering for centuries, but scientists and philosophers are no closer to an answer.'
别对我说‘这是人类思索长达几个世纪的谜题，但是科学家和哲学家都没有答案。’
Three tiny glazed pots, decorated with cherubs, provide new evidence that European hard-paste porcelain was invented not in Germany, as has been thought for three centuries, but in England.
小天使图案的三个小瓷罐提供了新证据，证明3个世纪来欧洲硬瓷起源于德国的定论并非如此，而是起源于英国。
We will never know how many old manuscripts have been lost over the centuries but the fact that this particular one has survived underlines its value.
我们永远也不会知道在过往数个世纪的蹉跎岁月中，到底有多少久经沧桑的手写本从世间湮灭。然而，仅从该部与众不同的手写本仍能流传至今这一事实来看，就足以说明它的珍贵程度。
The fork was an ancient agricultural tool, but for centuries no one thought of eating with it.
叉子本是一种古老的农具，几个世纪以来，从没有人想到用它来吃东西。
A lack of winter snow on Japan's famed Mount Fuji has sparked speculation the volcano could erupt for the first time in three centuries, but experts denied any link between snow and seismic activity.
日本著名的富士山由于冬雪稀少，很多人猜测这座沉睡了三百年之久的火山可能要爆发了。但是有关专家们说雪的多少和地壳运动之间没有任何联系。
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。
Men like him had kept the Order strong for centuries, but the master had many times counseled that their usefulness was waning.
像他这样的人几个世纪以来一直保持着圣殿的强大，但总领很多次承认他们的用处在不断消退。
But due to centuries of exposure to the elements, the bones and bunks-and much of the caves themselves-had collapsed by the time the team entered the Chambers.
但由于几百年都暴露在空气中，这些骨头和木头架子，甚至大部分洞穴，在研究团队进入墓穴的时候都已倒塌。
Farmers and gardeners have turned the soil for centuries. But many now believe in no-till or reduced tillage, a method also called conservation tillage.
农民和园丁们耕作了几个世纪，但是现在他们中很多人开始采取少耕或免耕方法，也称保护性耕作。
Farmers and gardeners have turned the soil for centuries. But many now believe in no-till or reduced tillage, a method also called conservation tillage.
农民和园丁们耕作了几个世纪，但是现在他们中很多人开始采取少耕或免耕方法，也称保护性耕作。
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