Darwin spent twenty years carefully gathering evidence for his theory and anticipating every objection his critics might have.

达尔文为他的学说花了二十年时间精心收集证据，并预先准备反驳他的批评者可能会有的每一个反对的理由。

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I have been busy gathering some ideas for fun, healthy, delicious foods to share with you. If you have kids, these are recipes I think they \ 'll like too.

我一直都在忙于收集一些关于快乐健康美味食物的创意与想法来和你分享。如果你家有孩子我认为他们也会喜欢这些菜谱。

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Some have been gathering in Seattle for over 60 years.

其中一些已经在西雅图从事采集60多年。

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Since Monday, they have been gathering for the closed-door discussion sessions, where the leaders of the church from around the world can informally discuss what is on their minds.

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In electronic commerce, too, many of the trends have been gathering force for years, but are only now becoming obvious as they are harnessed to the runaway growth and global reach of the Internet.

ECONOMIST: Eventually, bigger means different

It helped, too, that in May the state released some of its evidence against the Jews: an espionage network centred in Shiraz which is alleged to have been gathering intelligence for Israel for the past 15 years.

ECONOMIST: Justice that is politically judged