It had, apparently, been fished out of existence; and the once mighty Newfoundland fleet now gropes about frantically for crab on the seafloor.

显然，过度捕捞已经使这里的鳕鱼不复存在了。而曾经很强大的纽芬兰船队现在在海底疯狂地搜寻螃蟹。

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In many cases records of expenditure or taxation are the most important relics of a once mighty civilization.

在很多例子中，对开支或税收的记录是一个曾经强盛文明最重要的文物。

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But why did a once-mighty civilisation succumb to the West?

但为什么，一个一度强大的文明竟会屈服于西方呢？

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His once mighty army now had less than fifty thousand men.

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If you remember the fall of once mighty AOL, it is worth following the B2G project.

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Before petering out it would engulf Latin America, then Russia, and then the once mighty hedge fund LTCM.

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Great story in the NY Times this morning about how the once mighty Vodafone has been stumbling in Japan.

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