A back injury prevented active participation in any sports for a while.

背伤曾一度妨碍积极参加任何体育运动。

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The active suspension system gives the car a very smooth ride.

活动的悬挂系统使汽车行驶起来非常平稳。

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Even in the 1960s, politically active students and academics were in a minority.

即使是在20世纪60年代，政治上活跃的学生和高校教师也是占少数。

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I keep my mind active and coming to school three times a week, and walking up and down the steps, that kept me physically able."

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So that he knew a lot about music, but he never performed or never was active as a musician.

他对音乐很懂，但他从来没有,表演过或者成为一个积极的音乐人。

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It's a pretty active area.

这片地区生机勃勃。

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David McNair, senior economic justice adviser at the charity Christian Aid, says tax havens are used in a variety of ways, but the general principle - for a business active in a number of countries - is to maximise the amount of profit made by subsidiaries based where taxes are low, at the expense of those based where taxes are high.

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Instead, Sir Leon has a strong desire to remain politically active as a pro-European Conservative.

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In order to conduct the sort of statistical analysis Silver faults Noonan's column for lacking, you'd need a representative database of persons who are politically active and a method of coding their political activity by ideology and intensity.

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