The design first took off in American colleges.

这种式样首先在美国的大学流行起来。

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The reason why I say design first is because planning things is generally always a good idea.

我先说设计的原因，是因为先做好计划通常是个好主意。

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It is the first car of its type to have this design feature.

这是同类型汽车中首部具备这种设计特点的。

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It was the last of one hundred thirty five flights for the world's first reusable space vehicle design.

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I got my first bachelor's in Graphic Design

我的第一个学士学位是平面设计，

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First place went to a design for a skyscraper jail made by architecture students in Malaysia.

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The secret of the Duke device is a spherical lens, a design first proposed in the late 19th century.

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In the U.S., courtyard design first gained traction in California.

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First conceived by Dr Douglas Engelbart and aided by Bill English -- who would later design the first "ball mouse" -- at the Stanford Research Institute in 1965, the mouse was first used commercially by Xerox in their "Star Workstation" computer made in 1981.

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