I lived in Egypt for a time.

我在埃及住了一阵子。

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He was also for a time an art critic.

他曾有相当长的一段时间是一位艺术评论家。

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For a time it seemed doubtful that he would move at all.

短期内他似乎不大可能搬走。

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And the Aristotelian view held for a long time, but eventually it started to crumble in the light of more data.

而亚里士多德的观点在很长时间里得到了认同，但最终还是崩溃了,在越来越多的数据面前。

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it's very hard for the professors to schedule a lot of individual time for the people who can't make it.

教授很难为那些没法按时考试的考生另外安排时间。

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Amy returned to Northeastern, but for a time she lived at the house in Braintree.

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The company creates jobs for a time that can support and grow the local economy.

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He earned an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and worked for a time as a reporter.

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