It was apparent that the glaciation occurred in the relatively recent past because the drift was soft, like freshly deposited sediment.

很明显冰川作用就发生在相对不远的过去，因为漂流物很软，像新鲜的沉积物。

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Satellite observations and submarine surveys over the past few years had shown less ice in the polar region, but the recent measurements show the loss is more pronounced than previously thought.

过去几年的卫星观测和潜艇调查显示，极地地区的冰层减少了，但最近的测量显示，冰层的减少量比之前设想的更为明显。

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In the recent past, the role of celebrities in advertising to children has often been conflated with the concept of host selling.

最近，名人在儿童向广告中的作用常常被与主持销售的概念混为一谈。

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But fewer camels than in the past were traded at a recent camel fair in Pushkar, in Rajasthan.

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"They have been discouraged by this resolution Iran to take voluntary steps that we have taken in many occasions in the past, particularly the recent ones, when the director general was in Iran,".

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