He seated himself there, as on the preceding day, surveying from a distance, and clearly making out, the white bonnet, the black dress.

和前一天一样，他在那里坐了下来，从远处望着，清清楚楚地认出了那顶白帽子、那件黑裙子。

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By contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to1750, when England was still a completely agricultural country.

相比之下，在1650年到1750年之前的几百年里，英国还完全是一个农业国家。

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But what about conditioning the execution of a command to the successful exit from the preceding one?

但是，如果命令的执行以前一个命令的成功退出为条件时该怎么办呢？

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Temperatures on the preceding day ranged from 30 to 38 degrees Fahrenheit.

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