In some cases, a new design was imposed over an earlier one; less often, the original design was simply covered with white slip.

在某些情况下，新的设计被强加在先前的设计之上；在更少的情况下，最初的设计只是简单地用白色的纸片覆盖。

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The oceanic volcanic islands and their hot-spot trails are thus especially useful for geologists because they record the past locations of the plate over a fixed source.

海洋火山岛和它们的热点轨迹对于地质学家尤其有用，因为它们记录了过去的板块在固定地点之上的位置。

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The mighty, shimmering Ginkgo towered over the shrine steps and, as legend has it, had stood witness to history being made in Japan for over 800 years.

这棵非凡而耀眼的银杏树，高耸于神祠的台阶之上，正如传说中的一样，它已经在超过800年间见证了日本这个国家的历史。

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All states, all dominions that have held and do hold empire over man " are either republics or principalities," he says in the opening sentence of chapter 1.

所有国家，所有领地,只要是曾或正让君权凌驾人民之上,要不是共和就是君权“,他在第一章的开头即如是说到。

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