The bright plumage of many male birds was thought to have evolved to attract females.

许多雄鸟的鲜艳羽毛被认为是为吸引雌鸟而进化来的。

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The storm is thought to be responsible for as many as four deaths.

这场暴风雨据信造成多达4人死亡。

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Although people enjoyed reading the book, many of them thought that Marco's stories about China were too fantastic to be true.

尽管人们很喜欢读这本书，但很多人认为马可关于中国的故事太离奇了，不像是真的。

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The best answer, many people thought, was to free the slaves and help them return to Africa.

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Plato thought of democracy as a kind of rule by the many that he associated with the unrestricted freedom to do everything that one likes.

柏拉图将民主,想成是一种由多方所统治,并连结到,不受限制的自由,每个人为所欲为。

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They thought of many ways to get me away from the very rough work.

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In the run-up to the 1937 dip, many people thought inflation was imminent due to the jump in excess bank reserves.

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When he joined the race for Speaker, he was thought to have the backing of many Labour MPs - but it was thought by many pundits that he may not have been popular enough with his own side to stand a chance.

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In the middle to late 1990s, as Amazon was just starting to appear on radar screens, many thought Sears would be the company to dominate the internet.

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