She dropped only eight points in the 43-minute thrashing of the former champion.

她在轻松击败前冠军的43分钟里，仅失掉8分。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He had to choose between giving up his job and giving up his principles. He chose the former.

他得在放弃工作和放弃原则二者中择其一。他选择了前者。

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Counterfeit medications are also a problem in the Middle East and in many countries of the former Soviet Union.

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And the Former Prophets include the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings. They read as a historical narrative.

前先知书》包括《约书亚书》《士师记》,《撒母尔书1-2》《列王记1-2》它们被当作史料。

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My home country is Croatia. I was born in and raised in what used to be the former Yugoslavia,

我是克罗地亚人。我生长在从前的南斯拉夫。

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The former Marks and Spencer chairman says he started out selling pyjamas at the retail giant.

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The former Motorola engineer Marty Cooper, in fact, made the first-ever wireless phone call in 1973.

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His secret weapon at Nextlink is its chairman, Daniel Akerson, the former president of MCI.

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