If he started out at nine, he ought to be here by now.

他如果九点出发，现在应该到这里了。

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Lightly clad as he was, he started out toward the village.

他虽然穿得很单薄，但还是朝村子走去。

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When he started out, people just saw animals as a commodity, a way to make money.

在他开始从业时，人们只将动物看作是一种商品，一种赚钱的方式。

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He started price wars that forced his competitors out of business.

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He started out by observing that all of us, all human beings are governed by two sovereign masters: pain and pleasure.

边沁通过观察得出，所有人类均受两大至高无上的因素所支配：,痛苦与快乐。

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What he concluded was, these pigeons were trying to figure out what makes those pieces of corn come and they started to think well,they had to get the interval between corns right to make this work.

他总结出这些鸽子都在绞尽脑汁,想知道玉米从那来的,它们只能利用,那15秒的间隔去想清楚这个问题

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The former Marks and Spencer chairman says he started out selling pyjamas at the retail giant.

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He started out selling barbecued food on the street when he was thirteen years old.

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Like many artists, he started out making simple glass toys and figurines to sell at malls.

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