The ships were to be decommissioned.

这些船即将被停止使用。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

In general, the changes they had made were to be welcomed.

总的来说，他们所作的这些变动都会被欣然接受。

《牛津词典》

The children were nowhere to be seen.

根本看不到孩子们在哪儿。

《牛津词典》

Another difference: The study found that African-American and Latino children were more likely to be bullies compared to white children.

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her brothers were eleven and nine: unusually young actors, we might think, to be engaged in such high-flying philosophical debates as these two characters find themselves in.

分别是11岁和9岁，不寻常的小演员，我们可能会想，他们来演这雄心壮志的哲学辩论,是怎么样的。

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You would also engage in sports together, and you would develop a camaraderie because you were expected then to be the fighting force for your city, your city-state.

一起参加体育运动，培养友谊,因为他们将成为这座城市，这座城邦的，主要战斗力。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

The N900 may have a "good" resistive touchscreen, but it's still a resistive touchscreen, which means it's not going to be as finger-friendly as it could be -- we were repeatedly disappointed by how much pressure was required to actuate scrolling gestures in menus, for example.

ENGADGET: Nokia N900 quick hands-on Hands-on

We would not be -- we would not be where we were, we would not be spending -- what month are we in on health care reform?

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The pilot and a passenger of the BE-35 were killed, but the owner and pilot of the PA-28 survived with injuries, authorities said.

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