Even though in error, Joly's calculations clearly supported those geologists who insisted on an age for Earth far in excess of a few million years.

尽管乔利的计算有误，但其计算显然支持了那些坚持认为地球的年龄远远超过几百万年的地质学家。

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I was reasonably fit, played a lot of tennis, and didn't smoke or drink to excess.

我那时很健康，常打网球，不过度抽烟或喝酒。

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He devoted in excess of seventy hours a week to the performance of his duties.

他每周在自己职责的执行上投入超过70个小时。

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It's really our time to stand up now and give back." "And from selling a million bracelets it means that we'll be able to raise a million dollars which means that we'll be able to buy in excess of about The nets are distributed through humanitarian groups across the continent especially before the rains bring malaria season.

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So there's not a lot of room in the government bond market or other high-quality bond markets to generate excess returns.

所以对于政府债券或者优质债券,超额收益的空间不大

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The excess requires, for the Beats, a new kind of language.

过度这种要求垮掉的一代有一种新的语言。

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Actually, they simply want to have their cake and eat it too: they dream of a way out of a crisis generated by an excess of public debt that does not entail a retrenchment of government activities.

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The AMS found a small excess of positrons coming from all directions instead of a single source.

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As long as the unemployment rate is high, there's a lot of excess slack, a lot of workers around, and that keeps wages from rising.

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