Back in the 1900s, some stop signs were yellow because it was too hard to see a red sign in a poorly lit area.

早在20世纪初，一些停车标志是黄色的，因为在光线不好的地方很难看到红色标志。

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That won't stop inventors from dreaming up new ways to fly and trying to persuade investors to back their sometimes outrageous schemes.

这并不能阻止发明家们想出新的飞行方式，并试图说服投资者支持他们有时很荒唐的计划。

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Toad was at first inclined to stop and do some talking back at him.

托德起初想停下来回敬他几句。

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On his way back, the president made an unannounced stop in Iraq.

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But 00:55 you stop and we will have people collect them either down here or at the back.

但是在00：55你要停下来，我会找人收卷的,在这儿，或者在最后面。

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In fact I don't think the thing ever comes back, so I'm going to stop it because it really gets hung up here. And I'm going to restart it.

所以我想让程序停下来，因为我们卡在这儿了,所以我得重新开始一次。

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The OECD says that if governments do not stop cutting back on welfare support this gap will grow wider.

BBC: Rich-poor divide accelerating, says OECD

Wales, you are Grand Slam champions for goodness sake, so please start playing like you are and stop holding back!

BBC: Jeremy Guscott column

Yet despite this agreement nobody seems to be clamoring to get the government to stop holding back one industry that could easily increase exports: higher education.

FORBES: The $20 Billion Export Industry that the Government is Holding Back