Their lawyers spent days arguing over technical details.

他们的律师花了好几天时间辩论诉讼程序细则。

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The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls.

会议花了几天的时间讨论边境关卡这个难题。

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I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not.

我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。

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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, his wife and a security guard spent several days in a hospital-like center in Shanghai,China.

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That woman's days were spent In ignorant good will, Her nights in argument Until her voice grew shrill.

那个女人的白天是在,天真无知的善意中度过，可她的夜晚却是在,声嘶力竭的争论中度过。

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He sings a song in which he recalls all of those happy days that he had spent with his shepherd friend in the countryside.

歌中唱的是他与牧羊人朋友,在乡村度过的快乐日子。

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The Speaker and his lieutenants have spent days trying to twist arms and wrangle votes within their own conference.

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Chris Schuhmacher spent days memorizing and giving his talk at all hours in the days leading up to the demo day.

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He spent days constructing dams in a creek at his grandparents' farm, including one so high that it flooded the barn.

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