在上世纪初期，棉铃象甲开始破坏南部的棉花农场。
In the early years of the century, the boll weevil began devastating the cotton farms in the south.
那事发生在上个世纪末—确切地说，发生在1895年。
在上个世纪，那些拥有私人图书馆的富人确实很幸运，但是如今我们有了公共图书馆。
In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate, but today there are public libraries.
虽然电动自行车最早出现在上世纪90年代，但更便宜的选择和更持久的电池正在给这一概念注入新的活力。
Although e-bikes first appeared in the 90s, cheaper options and longer-lasting batteries are breathing new life into the concept.
在上世纪80年代和90年代，从平均来看，英国的年轻人变得更为富有。
In the 1980s and 1990s, young people in the UK became wealthier on average.
正如我们在上世纪70年代的石油危机后开始更加重视石油一样，如今我们必须开始从一个全新的经济视角看待水资源。
Just as we began to appreciate petroleum more after the 1970s oil crises, today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic perspective.
在上世纪90年代的一次实验中，普林斯顿大学的心理学家乔尔·库珀等人要求参与者写关于反对为残疾人提供资金的文章。
In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled.
靠近地球的9号探测器和其他俄罗斯着陆器所看到的岩石图，暗示了一段痛苦的火山历史，这一点在上世纪90年代初得到了美国麦哲伦轨道飞行器的证实。
The rocky views glimpsed by the Nearer Nine and other Russian landers suggested a tortured volcanic history that was confirmed in the early 1990s by the American Magellan orbiter.
自上世纪80年代以来，专业育儿的费用一直在上涨。
The price of professional childcare has been rising since the 1980s.
桑迪·威尔在上世纪90年代整合了花旗集团，并在此过程中帮助废除了《格拉斯-斯蒂格尔法案》。
Sandy Weill was the man who stitched Citigroup together in the 1990s and in the process helped bury the GlassSteagall act.
然而在上世纪初期，棉铃象甲开始侵嗜美国南部的棉花农场。
But in the early years of the century, the boll weevil began devastating the cotton farms in the south.
在上个世纪结束之际，疟疾控制方面的远大目标已被降至保持疾病稳定，其目标是保证其糟糕的境况不再变得更坏。
At the close of the previous century, ambitions for malaria control had been reduced to holding the disease at bay, aiming to keep a very bad situation from getting any worse.
这要追溯到B.F.斯金纳,一位活跃在上世纪前期的心理学家
This refers--this actually goes back to B.F. Skinner, a psychologist who flourished in the first half of this century.
这是因为在上世纪大多数时间内，加州就像硅谷如今创办新兴企业一样组建着城市。
That is because, for much of the past century, California incorporated cities rather as Silicon Valley today launches start-ups.
在上个世纪中的研究表明这个理论对于人的性格和特质而言并不正确——人们通常喜欢和自己有着类似性格的人。
Over the last century, research on the nature of human mating has generally found this not to be true when it comes to character and personality—people tend to like people similar to themselves.
在上世纪，休闲旅游从一种有钱人的奢华享受转为中产阶级的生活必需。
In the past century, leisure travel has shifted from a luxury enjoyed by the wealthy to a necessity of the middle class.
早在上世纪初，很多富裕兼具冒险精神的欧洲人在去非洲时都会带一两个会做标本的人同行。
Well past the beginning of the last century, it was not uncommon for intrepid and wealthy Europeans visiting Africa to bring along a taxidermist or two.
在上世纪之交，电池驱动的汽车成为城市里的街道一景，因为它们行驶安静而且不排放有毒烟气。
At the turn of the century battery-powered vehicles were a common sight on city streets, because they were quiet and did not emit any noxious fumes.
在上个世纪70年代或80年代你听一首歌，因为“每个人”也听它。
In the '70s or' 80s you listened to a song because "everyone else" was also listening to it.
在上一个世纪，全球用水量的增长速率是人口增长率的两倍以上。
Global water use has been growing at more than twice the rate of population growth in the last century.
在上个世纪，由于商业捕鱼的原因，再加上人类密封水坝堵住了鲟鱼的迁移产卵路线。
Its population was decimated in the past century by commercialfishing and dams that sealed off its migratory spawning routes.
在上个世纪，降雨量已经开始下降了，而森林砍伐导致的侵蚀也影响了土地储水的能力。
Rainfall has decreased over the last century, and erosion from deforestation limits the ground’s capacity to store rainwater.
即使在上世纪的大萧条时期，产业工人的工资也是在上涨的，在衰退时减薪是罕见的。
Even during the early years of the Great Depression, manufacturing workers actually saw their real wages rise, and wage cuts have been scarce in every recession since.
世纪佳缘是龚海燕2003年在上海复旦大学攻读新闻学硕士学位期间创办的。
Jiayuan was founded in 2003 by Rose Gong while she was pursuing a masters degree in journalism at Fudan University in Shanghai.
在上世纪(人们)花费大量时间，苦苦追寻是什么让指甲刮黑板的声音这么令人不爽。
Much time has been spent, over the past century, on working out exactly what it is about the sound of fingernails on a blackboard that's so unpleasant.
为什么大马士革钢在上世纪初还广泛使用而如今则少有人问津？
Why is damask steel that was so widely spread in the beginning of the last century is now a rare thing?
这些都是很好的技术，它们为在上个世纪（20 世纪）就已经根深蒂固的一章带来了一丝新鲜空气。
These are cool technologies, and they bring a breath of fresh air to a chapter rooted solidly in the last (twentieth) century.
詹姆斯.乔伊斯（James Joyce）：在上个世纪的作家神殿中，乔伊斯显得非常突出。
In the pantheon of great writers of the last century, Joyce looms large.
詹姆斯.乔伊斯（James Joyce）：在上个世纪的作家神殿中，乔伊斯显得非常突出。
In the pantheon of great writers of the last century, Joyce looms large.
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