Germany declared war on France on 1 August 1914.

德国在1914年8月1日向法国宣战。

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Anxiety about the war has been declining since August 2008, according to Rasmussen, when America's financial system began to seize up and the severity of the recession became clear.

据拉斯姆森的研究表明，自从2008年8月份以来，当美国金融体系运转不畅，经济衰退的严重性开始明显起来，对于战争的忧虑一直在降低。

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THE area between the Black Sea and the Caspian is beautiful, fertile, mountainous—and much fought over, most recently in August 2008 when Russia and Georgia went to war.

高加索地区位于黑海和里海之间，它美丽，富饶，多山——也充满战乱，最近的一场战乱是2008年8月俄罗斯和格鲁吉亚之间爆发的战争。

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Another serious blow was the August 2008 five-day war with Russia over the Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia.

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But I'm very excited because I'm going to work on a film in August about World War One, which is very exciting.

但是我非常激动，因为我八月就要为一部以一战为题材的电影工作了，这真的很令人兴奋。

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The humanitarian aid agency says its air service to the war-torn Central African country will run out of money by August 15.

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But after the August war, the Moldovans fear, rightly, that this might be done only on Russian terms.

ECONOMIST: Russia's western neighbours

But to Mr Sikorski and his colleagues, Georgia's leaders blew their credibility with erratic decision-making during the August 2008 war with Russia.

ECONOMIST: Polish foreign policy

Russia may hope its role would give it an edge for providing peacekeepers, but that may not appeal after the August 2008 war in Georgia.

ECONOMIST: Nagorno-Karabakh's future