“Historians will look back on 2008 as the first time in modern memory that spare capacity ran out without a war in the Persian Gulf, and OPEC failed to cap prices,” says Mr McNally.

“历史学家一回顾起2008年便记得这是现代历史上首次在不发生波斯湾战争的情况下闲置产能被消耗殆尽，OPEC未能遏制价格上涨，”麦克纳利如是说。

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"Historians will look back on 2008 as the first time in modern memory that spare capacity ran out without a war in the Persian Gulf, and OPEC failed to cap prices," says Mr McNally.

“历史学家一回顾起2008年便记得这是现代历史上首次在不发生波斯湾战争的情况下闲置产能被消耗殆尽，OPEC未能遏制价格上涨，”麦克纳利如是说。

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It's the first time we've been to the cinema together as a family.

这是我们一家人第一次一起去看电影。

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As the service module moved away, they saw for the first time the damage done by the exploding oxygen tank.

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So what it might be would be a phrase that has struck one as if for the first time.

因此这种支点也许是,某人刚刚想到的一个短语。

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I was talking last time about the concept of election or choice, God's choice of Israel, Israel as the chosen one, which occurs for the first time in the Book of Deuteronomy.

我上节课提到了“选择“这一概念，上帝选择了以色列，以色列成为选民，这一概念第一次出现在《申命记》中。

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He also described the trip as the first time he and his wife had been out of the house "since our gas oven exploded".

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Maine's ballot initiative, called Question 1, stands out as the first time proponents have brought the issue to a popular vote on their own.

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"I think many cases will be people going through a second divorce, and they don't want the experience to be as horrific as the first time, " she said.

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