Beyond this, his book, though very readable, does not add greatly to our understanding of the cataclysmic event that set the first half of the 20th century on its disastrous course.

除此之外，他的书虽然值得一读，但是并没有大大增加我们对于这个把20世纪上半叶推向灾难的剧变事件的理解。

youdao

Having taken on all comers for a quarter of a century, and most often prevailed, Ferguson seems to have set his unbreakable will against aging and mortality.

与所有后辈晚生较量了四分之一个世纪之久，且胜多败少，弗格森近乎拥有坚不可摧的意志来对抗衰老和命运。

youdao

With views towards the iconic Faraglioni rocks, this pool is set in a luxury hotel on the island, which has played host to the rich and famous for a century.

从泳池里就能看到标志性的法拉可列尼巨岩的美景，岛上的这座豪华酒店接待名流巨贾已经长达一个世纪了。

youdao

Hotel La Ventana is a charming 15th-century mansion set on a little tree-shaded square in the old town of Ibiza City.

BBC: Mini guide to rural Ibiza

Comedy Central took on the science fiction sitcom - which is set on a spaceship in the 31st century - in 2007, after its repeats on American cable TV network Adult Swim found a large cult following.

BBC: Futurama axed by Comedy Central two years after Emmy

The Wachowskis were shooting scenes set on the Prophetess, the schooner on which much of the nineteenth-century story takes place.

NEWYORKER: Beyond the Matrix