Although church ritual had sustained an interest in timekeeping throughout the centuries of urban collapse that followed the fall of Rome, church time was nature's time.

尽管在罗马帝国灭亡后的城市崩溃的几个世纪里，教堂的仪式一直保持着人们对计时的兴趣，但教堂的时间是自然的时间。

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The steady rise of interest rates, by four percentage points since April 2005, has hit businesses and also consumers, whose enthusiastic spending has sustained growth.

自从2005年4月以来，利率稳步提升了4个百分点，这已经打击了商业和消费者，正是消费者的消费热情支撑了经济的增长。

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The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest.

随笔作家都是一些自我解放的人，靠一种天真的信念支撑他们，认为凡是他们所思考的、凡是他们所经历的，别人也都感兴趣。

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The result of our investigation into the attitudes toward IT shows sustained interest from 2011 to 2012.

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Before answering these questions, we should pause to consider why consumer goods companies have had such a sustained interest in handwashing.

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Ultimately, celebrity-endorsed or not, the quality of the product and the underlying value proposition will need to fuel a sustained interest and excitement for the brand.

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