The source of Roman obsession with unity and cohesion may well have lain in the pattern of Rome's early development.

罗马人执着于团结和凝聚力很可能起源于罗马的早期发展模式。

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It matters nothing if one is born in a duck-yard, if one has only lain in a swan's egg.

出生在鸭窝里有什么关系，只要是从天鹅蛋里孵化出来的就行了。

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The buffalo had lain in a bank vault since the Battle of Britain in 1940 and was still wrapped in wartime newspaper when Mr Axford saw it for the first time.

从1940年不列颠之战时起，这尊水牛就被存在了银行金库里，直到埃克斯·福特先生首次看到它时，它还被战时的报纸包裹着。

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CRU's importance has always lain in the foundations it puts under the edifice of climate science.

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It is as though any number of alternative narratives had always lain in wait.

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It is believed the victim, who has not been named, could have lain in the bushes in the hospital car park for almost two days.

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