"I don't want any of my works to be bought by a collector and be put in a house or in a palace and disappear as mere possessions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

It probably won't even in exist in fifty years but it will be bought by some other company and it will still have value and will still be going up.

也许50年后公司不再存在了,但它可能会被,别的公司收购,股票就还有价值,并仍可能升值

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trying to get bought by major studios , so they can then hit the main theaters.

尝试着被主要的工作室收买，那样它们就可以在各大影院上映了。

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A few years later, Isabella and Jack Gardner bought three major paintings by great artists.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

There's hardly a movie that goes by now that doesn't have products inserted and that's all bought and paid for.

现在已经很难看到一部,没有品牌植入的电影了,这全都是要花钱的

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As a result many traders are stuck with stocks, and have suffered losses as prices of small stones have tumbled by nearly 30 percent since they bought them.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

Indeed, some ordinary workers bought paintings by Steen and all sorts of these other people.

事实上,这里的一些普通工人都能买得起,像斯汀或者一些其他画家的绘画作品

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In her talk with reporters, Secretary Clinton praised the Calderon administration's performance in the drug fight, saying that Mexican forces are often out-gunned by drug gangs armed with military-style weapons bought in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

The friends immediately bought Lotus shares and then -that was June 2--by June 5, twenty-five people had bought -had spent a half a million dollars to buy on this tip.

他的朋友们立刻购买了莲花公司的股票,那天是6月2号,截至6月5号,一共有25个人,因为小道消息购买了股票,资金达到50万

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