The development and redevelopment of towns and cities should respect historical patterns, precedents, and boundaries.

城市和城镇的开发与再开发应该尊重历史、先例和边界。

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Boundaries between states or shires, they were crossed by fords which became the sites of towns, or by Bridges which were often points of battle.

作为州或郡的分界线，河流上的浅滩成为城镇的所在地，横跨河流上的桥梁则是兵家必争之地。

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Medieval towns were characterized by sharp boundaries separating town and country.

中世纪城镇的特点是城市和乡村界限分明。

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Because of convoluted congressional boundaries that divide towns and counties, we might not learn which presidential candidate had won particular districts for perhaps days on end.

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