They mourn the passing of a simpler way of life.

他们对逝去的较为淳朴的生活感到惋惜。

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These periods became known as temporal hours, because their duration varied according to the changing length of days and nights with the passing of the seasons.

这些时段被称为“日光时”，因为它们的持续时间随着不同季节而带来的昼夜长短的变化而改变。

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By the date of his birth Europe was witnessing the passing of the religious drama, and the creation of new forms under the incentive of classical tragedy and comedy.

到他出生之日，欧洲正目睹着宗教戏剧的消亡，以及在古典悲剧和喜剧的激发下新的戏剧形式的诞生。

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In fact,Pinetop was too busy celebrating his latest release and planning his current tour to worry about the passing of another year.

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This is a signal - this passing of phosphorous - is a signal that's used very frequently in intracellular communication.

这是一种信号,一种通过磷酸来传递的信号,这种信号在细胞内通讯时经常被用到

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It's crucial, as I say, and I'm going to be coming back to it, but it's just a point I want to make in passing about the nature of theory now.

这一点至关重要，而且我以后还会再次提到，但现在关于理论的本质我就谈到这里。

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