Ant societies existed in something like their present form more than seventy million years ago.

蚂蚁社会大约在七千万年前就以类似现在的形式存在。

youdao

Does Barclays, in its present form, have a sustainable business model?

巴克莱目前的经营模式能否持续？

youdao

It took a two-year fight with his former employers for Mr Carle to get the book published in its present form.

卡勒先生向他的前任上司争取了两年时间，这本书才最终得以以现在的形式面世。

youdao

Several different species of coral can be present in the different colonies that form the reef structure.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Israel's past and present and future generations form a collective entity, Israel, that collectively assents to the covenant.

犹太人的过去，现在，未来形成了一个共同的存在，全体犹太人都赞成这个契约。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So what is this radical new idea that shaped a culture and enabled its survival into later antiquity and really right into the present day in some form?

到底什么观点造,造就了这种文化,并使犹太人在后来幸存下来呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

In 1961, it evolved into its present form and its membership includes 34 mostly developed countries.

FORBES: Holiday Season Is Just Around The Corner -- Corporate Tax Holiday Season That Is

Even in its present form, "Hardbody" is sweet, sincere, refreshingly uncynical and full of fine songs.

WSJ: Nobody Loves You | Hands on a Hardbody | Next Stop, Broadway | Theater Reviews by Terry Teachout

On present form, the voters will probably plump for Mr Berlusconi, never mind his criminal record.

ECONOMIST: Unchanging Italy