It is a good idea to place your order well in advance as delivery can often take months rather than weeks.

早早提前订购是个好主意，因为交货常常要花几个月的时间，而不是几星期。

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The sports meeting was supposed to take place on Tuesday, but we've had to postpone it because of the weather.

运动会本应该在周二召开的，但因为天气原因，我们不得不将它推迟了。

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After all, it is only through our understanding of "the nature of things" that protocols and processes are designed for the rational capabilities of cognitive systems to take place.

毕竟，只有通过我们对“事物的本质”的理解，才能为发展认知系统的推理能力设计方案和流程。

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But word leaked out that it was to take place in the town of Rhinebeck, about a two-hour drive from New York City.

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The equilibrium state is the one, and it's just one, in which there are no spontaneous changes that can take place to any other state.

平衡态是一个，而且仅仅是一个态，这个态不会发生自发变化,变成其他的态。

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So, it's--In a way, it decided when the fighting is going to take place up to a point.

这种情况,在一定程度上,决定了战争爆发的时间

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It used to take place in a muddy open field next to a horse-trading market in a small village, until police moved it into the city this year to avoid tension between the two pursuits.

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But how much time does it take to place a glass of water within reach?

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To the outside, it often seems to take place in an environment where entrenched beliefs are more important to some protagonists as evidence.

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