All agreed that global temperatures should not rise by more than an average of two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

So somewhere, maybe in pre-incarnational time before Franny became Franny, she wanted to be an actress.

可能是在神灵化身之前的时代,在弗兰尼变成弗兰尼之前，她想要成为演员。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The rim shot after a comic remark is an attempt to simulate--sort of a pre-technological attempt to simulate the sound of laughter.

讲完笑话，紧接着一阵鼓声,也是为了引起…,引起观众大笑的一种原始手段。

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The company called Saturday's verdict "wrong" and is contemplating an appeal, but at the same time did promise to stop auditing publicly traded companies - pre-empting an official ban that now is a near certainty.

BBC: Andersen guilty in Enron case

The possibility of an Israeli pre-emptive strike is a further source of instability in an already volatile region.

ECONOMIST: The axis powers

Plus, Toshiba has pre-loaded an annoying Best Buy promotional app that pops up at launch.

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