The transformation of American sea power began in 1940.

美国海军力量的改革开始于1940年。

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The ancient-dream was finally realized in 1940 when a Russian engineer piloted a strange looking craft of steel tubing with a rotating fan on top.

这个古老的梦想终于在1940年实现了。当时，一名俄罗斯工程师驾驶了一艘外形奇特、顶部装有旋转风扇的钢管船。

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The first test firing took place in 1940, in Fort Cronkhite, north of the Golden Gate Bridge.

第一次试射发生在1940年，地点在金门大桥以北的克朗凯特炮台。

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"In 1940 Disney lost both of his parents, and shortly after that his company experienced a very divisive strike.

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So he had published Native Son in 1940 to great acclaim, a very successful novel.

他在1940年出版了《土生子》，广受好评，是一部很成功的小说。

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And at the age of about fifty-five the war came along, and he wrote a book called Strange Defeat, explaining why in 1940 France fell so rapidly.

在他五十五的时候开始打仗了,然后他写了一本书叫《诡异之败》,解释为什么1940年法国这么快就败了

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In 1940, in World War II, the evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk was completed.

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In 1940, health care remained a boutique industry, accounting for roughly 4% of gross national product.

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In 1940, Artie Shaw and his Orchestra recorded Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" for RCA Victor.

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