He completed the lengthy course some three seconds faster than his nearest rival, Jonathon Ford.

他比劲敌乔纳松·福特快约三秒钟完成了漫长的赛程。

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The whole operation is performed in less than three seconds.

全部运算在三秒内完成。

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What is even more interesting is that the brain takes in all the information to create that first impression in about three seconds.

更有趣的是，大脑会在大约三秒钟内吸收所有的信息来创造第一印象。

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He hit two free throws in the final seconds to give Los Angeles an eighty-three to seventy-nine victory.

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Okay. I can't read it but two minutes and fifty seconds, two minutes--this one's only two minutes, three minutes and twenty seconds, that kind of thing.They're short, whereas Beethoven,as mentioned,is much longer.

好，我读不出但是它唱2分50秒，两分钟，这首歌只有两分钟，3分20秒，基本都是这么长，它们都很短，但是我们刚才说的贝多芬就要长的多。

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Three seconds of white-hot inspiration?

灵光乍现,三秒钟一蹴而就吗

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Seventy-three seconds into the flight, as the spacecraft began an expected roll, the forces on the solid rocket motors began to pull one of them apart.

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It took her seventy-one days, fourteen-hours, eighteen-minutes and thirty-three seconds.

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As a result, the workflow has gone from sometimes waiting days to retrieve records that were archived off site, to accessing the same files in two or three seconds -- saving time, creating efficiency and improving customer service, McNeil said.

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