The Byzantines were as secretive as the Chinese, however, and for many centuries the weaving and trading of silk fabric was a strict imperial monopoly.

然而，拜占庭人和中国人一样神秘，在许多世纪里，丝绸织物的编织和贸易是严格的帝国垄断。

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Unburnt vegetation rots quickly, but black carbon persists in the soil for many centuries.

未燃烧的植物腐烂得很快，但黑碳在土壤中存留了好几个世纪。

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Although conditions were very poor, people tried for many centuries to reach the North Pole.

尽管条件很差，人们还是花了好几个世纪的时间尝试到达北极。

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To look at them is to see the simple solution to a problem that worried people for many centuries.

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Nevertheless, our knowledge of the earliest stages of human civilization was quite limited for many centuries.

然而，几个世纪以来,我们对人类最早时期文明,的认知是很有限的。

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That's a line that has vexed commentators for centuries and has spawned many very fascinating interpretations.

这是几百年来引得人们争论不休的一句,并且产生了大量有趣的解读。

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For many centuries, white has had positive connotations in Chinese culture and black negative ones.

BBC: A Point Of View: How China sees a multicultural world

"The Germans have been drinking beer for many centuries, " he says wistfully.

FORBES: Beer? Germans Say Nein, Danke

Philosophy has opened the door for new concepts and innovative ideas, laying the foundations of critical thinking, independence and creativity across cultures for many centuries.

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