People had been writing novels for a century.

人们写小说已有一个世纪的历史了。

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It won over Coke executives in Atlanta and would go on to receive its own trademark, spur collections and earn Coca-Cola an iconic image that made it part of American culture for a century.

它赢得了亚特兰大的可口可乐高管们的支持，继而获得了自己的商标，刺激了收集欲望，使可口可乐成为一个标志性的形象，并让它成为一个世纪以来美国文化的一部分。

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Only four firms have any scale, and they have been in China for a century.

只有四家公司有一定的规模，而且它们在中国已经经营了一个世纪。

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For a century, vendors have sold everything from fruits to hats to books at colorful stalls.

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The nativity of Christ, as you can imagine, was a popular subject for early seventeenth-century poets for pious early seventeenth-century poets.

基督诞生，你可以想象，对17世纪的诗人来说是很受欢迎的主题,特别是那些虔诚的17世纪的诗人。

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He's the friend of women everywhere, at least for a few of his female readers in the eighteenth century, and for many he's the very embodiment of oppressive patriarchy.

他到处都有女人缘，至少在18世纪他有不少女性读者，但对很多人来说他是压抑的男权主义的象征。

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Before this point, growth was high, at about 4% per year for a century.

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Chef's tables have been around for a century--they used to be where lowly staff chowed down.

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It is a long-term problem, because carbon dioxide stays in the air for a century.

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