A number of simplifications have been made to the taxation system.

税收制度已经历过多次简化。

《牛津词典》

I have been made to feel a social and psychological misfit for not wanting children.

因为不想要孩子，使我觉得自己在社交和心理上与他人格格不入。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Considerable efforts have been made to rehabilitate patients who have suffered in this way.

为使受这种苦的病人康复已经付出了相当大的努力。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Many infections have been increasing even as hospitals have made efforts to improve.

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And I have purposely made the arrow shorter to indicate that it has been slowed because we are going to argue its mass didn't change, so the only way to change its energy is to change its velocity.

我已经故意将这个箭头弄短,用来象征它变慢了,因为我们将证明它的质量没有变，只有它的能量改变了,也就是它的速度变了。

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The strings are now metallic but sixteenth, seventeenth to eighteenth century they would have been made out of cat or sheep gut.

弦现在是金属的,但在十六,十七,到十八世纪,弦是用猫肠或羊肠线制作的

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However, in recent years efforts have been made to eradicate profanity from British streets.

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Paralyzed mice have been made to walk, but there's not much money in treating paralyzed mice.

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Great efforts have been made to stretch the Hirst brand to reach (nearly) every pocket.

ECONOMIST: Damien Hirst