the_way_it_was_有道手机词典

1.They kept that village just the way it was, and they built one next to it.
他们保留了村子的原貌，又在旁边建起了新的村子。
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2.No, said one defendant after the other, that is not the way it was.
不对，一个被告接着一个被告说，事情不是那样的。
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3.Unification was bound to be expensive because of the way it was done.
由于统一的方式，统一的成本注定是高昂的。
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