The treasure had lain undisturbed for centuries.

那份珍宝安然无恙地存放了几个世纪。

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The area has been mined for slate for centuries.

这个地区开采板岩有数百年了。

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This practice has remained unaltered for centuries.

这种习俗已数百年未变。

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In one part of the state of Oaxaca, potters have been making black clay containers in the same way for centuries.

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Long before Milton had begun to tackle the problem, Christians had for centuries, for millennia, puzzled over the logical inconsistency between these two concepts.

早在弥尔顿应对这个问题之前，基督教徒们就已经花了成百上千年，为这两个概念之间逻辑上的前后矛盾感到困惑。

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It's going to lead to a lot of interesting things. It's also going to create a really huge problem for monotheistic thought they're going to struggle with for centuries and actually still do struggle with today.

并会引发一系列的有趣事件，它也将给一神论思想,带来一个相当大的问题，这个问题,他们纠结了好几个世纪，直到现在依然存在。

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The castle was a bulwark, standing guard against various opposing armies and raiding parties for centuries.

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Founded in 1592, Trinity was for centuries a bastion of Protestant ascendancy in Ireland.

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The 4-year-olds demonstrate the deep roots of an ethical tension that has divided philosophers for centuries.

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