Prior to the introduction of surnames in England in 1066, everyone born had just one name.

在1066年姓氏记名法引入英格兰以前，每个人出生后只有一个名字。

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Prior to the introduction of .NET in 2002, Windows applications were written in two main ways.

在2002年引入.NET之前，Windows 应用程序主要通过两种方式编写。

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I've given you the periods at the top of the chart: early Bronze Age; middle Bronze Age from about 2100 to 1550; we date the late Bronze age from about 1550 until 1200--the introduction of iron and the beginning of the Iron Age in 1200. Prior to that, the Bronze Age, which is divided into these three periods.

我在这个表格的顶端给你们列了一些时期：,早期青铜时代；中期青铜时代，从约公元前2100年到前1550年；,晚期青铜时代，从公元前1550年到前1200年，即铁器时代前页；,然后公元前1200年开始了铁器时代，在那以前，青铜时代分为那样三个时期。

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Far from being a time-honoured tool for controlling interest rates, the Fed only began paying interest on reserves in 2008 and had little difficulty controlling interest rates prior to the introduction of this policy.

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