He shaved a tenth of a second off the world record.

他把世界纪录缩短了十分之一秒。

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He would soon launch a second offensive, killing off the peace process.

他将很快发起第二次攻击，扼杀和平进程。

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This approach shaved a few tenths of a second off the normal running time, and a few seconds off the large-input version.

这种方法将正常的运行时间削减了十分之几秒，在较大的输入版本的情况下削减了数秒钟。

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But then they shut themselves off one second later.

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In a second he got it going forward and drove off crookedly past the man and boy still standing there watching.

他迅速地将车向前开动,歪歪扭扭地经过,仍然在一旁站立的男人和男孩。

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Let me come off the stage a second, so I can encourage you to get involved in the discussion.

让我站下讲台一会,这样我可以鼓励大家都参与到讨论中来

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Dragic was fouled with 3 seconds left, made the first free throw, then lined the second off the rim.

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He aborted his last flying lap and finished down in ninth place, nearly half a second off Massa's time.

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The Sligo woman's time of 8:44.37 cut more than a second off Sonia O'Sullivan's previous mark set in 1997.

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