His name was being bandied about as a future prime minister.

人们纷纷传说他将是未来的首相。

《牛津词典》

Consort has a population of 714 and is about as rural and isolated as you can get.

康索特有居民714人，地处农村，极其偏远。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

That's about as fast as a racing bicycle.

这几乎和竞赛用自行车一样快。

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"At noon we were stuck in a muddy road about as nearly as we could figure, ten kilometres from Udine.

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Now Buckle is a forgotten name today, but at one time he was just about as famous as Oswald Spengler who wrote The Decline of the West.

现在巴克尔已经被人们淡忘了，但他曾和写《西方的没落》的,奥斯瓦尔德，斯宾格勒一样著名。

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There's a term paper which i'll talk more about as the weeks go on that's also worth 30% of the grade.

随着课程的进行我会在讲到学期论文,这也占成绩的百分之三十

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Plenty there for MPs - and hacks - to think about as we disappear for the parliamentary recess.

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He is about as socially conservative as one can be, and is a devout Catholic.

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In practice, this works about as well as the tradition of omerta in organized crime.

FORBES: Do Law Enforcement Officers Have "A Code" Or A Culture Where They Overlook The Transgressions Of Other Cops Or Retired Cops?