That shrinkage, combined with the speed of expansion after the laser turned off, indicated that the lithium atoms had become magnetic.

激光关闭之后，收缩具备了膨胀的速度，表明锂原子变成了磁性的。

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Solar would make a sizable contribution only after 2025, once the expansion of wind energy had plateaued.

一旦风能的利用趋于稳定，太阳能在将在2025年后做出相当大的贡献。

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The firm expects construction activity to slump 30% in 2009, after a 9% expansion in the first nine months of this year.

这家公司预计在今年的前九个月9%的增长过后，2009年建设活动会下降30%。

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Last year, after a 67-year expansion, the Colombian economy contracted.

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