他大半生的时间都是监狱的常客。

He was in and out of jail for most of his life.

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他在默默无闻的工作中度过了大半生。

He spent most of his life working in obscurity.

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我大半生都住在英格兰。

I've lived in England for most of my life.

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This was not just about today,tomorrow for the five years; they followed them through much of their lives.

这调查不只是今天，明天或五年内的事;,而是研究了他们的大半生。

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He spent most of his life in Vienna, Austria, but he died in London and he escaped to London soon after retreating there at the beginning of World War II as the Nazis began to occupy where he lived.

他的大半生都是居住在奥地利的维也纳，却在伦敦去世,二战伊始，随着纳粹侵占其家乡,他被迫背井离乡,后来逃到伦敦，在那里终其余生。

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