If it continued to expand at this pace, China might grab around one-quarter of world exports within ten years.

如保持此增速，中国在十年内可能拥有世界出口的四分之一。

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But it also created a much larger pool of knowledge from which people could draw, a pool that has continued to expand (or, dare we say, continued to extend?)

可是，书写不也同时为人类开辟了一个广阔得多的学识天地么？有了这片新的知识天地，人们才得以从中吸取知识，而这个知识天地一直都处于不断扩展之中(是否也可以大胆地说，处在不断地延伸之中？)

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As in the Oligocene before it, grasslands continued to expand and forests to dwindle in extent.

在先前的渐新世，草地的面积增大，森林的面积减少。

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In Europe,it continued to expand, but at a slower rate than earlier.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

It continued to expand as the needs became apparent and the help was available.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

If it continued to expand at this pace, China might grab around one-quarter of world exports within ten years.

ECONOMIST: China's export prospects

If it continued to expand at this rate for a century, it would rise to that eye-popping figure of 60% in 2105.

ECONOMIST: Free exchange