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The sofa will serve as a bed for a night or two.

沙发可以当床凑合一两夜。

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The museum will serve as a memorial to the millions who passed through Ellis Island.

这个博物馆将成为曾经过埃利斯岛的数百万人的纪念馆。

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The United States also offered to serve as a negotiator in several international disputes during the late eighteen hundreds.

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Well, it turns out that we could not identify, at least at that point, a cell culture that would serve as a host for vaccinia.

然而我们还不能断定,至少这个时候无法断定,这些被感染的细胞就是牛痘病毒的宿主

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The ark then is said to serve as his footstool.

方舟则是作为他的脚凳。

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Additionally, members of bank holding companies that have broker dealers cannot serve as so-called public representatives.

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They often have significant and liquid endowments that serve as collateral for the debt.

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Eventually, I decided on an area of lush turf, between two gorse bushes that would serve as windbreaks.

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