No one had ever seen the book till a visiting scholar, by dint of persistent entreaty, wrested it from the Master.

从没有人见过这本书，直到一个来访的学者在再三恳求之下，硬是从大师那里把书抢到了手。

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By dint of toil, perseverance, courage, and will, he had managed to draw from his work about seven hundred francs a year.

由于勤劳，振作，有恒心和志气，每年他终于能从工作中获得大概七百法郎。

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By dint of raising its economic growth rate from 6% to 8% a year, it has attracted vast attention.

凭借其6% - 8%的年经济增长率，他引起了广泛的关注。

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It's a billion-dollar business, but most of it goes to the major-league-affiliated teams (Class A, AA and AAA), which break even only by dint of help from their major league parents.

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For those doubting Thomases who think the market is much too efficient to be affected by a few banks and funds selling options, it is worth bearing in mind that in the early 1990s one man single-handedly drove the implied volatility on Japan's Nikkei-225 average from 22% to 11% by dint of selling 34, 000 options on it.

ECONOMIST: Why is volatility so low in financial markets?

But Garcia rose phoenix-like from the ashes and rebuilt his career by dint of skillful financing, deft timing and a dash of self-dealing.

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