I can't get the car started.

这辆车我发动不起来。

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The car started with a loud splutter.

汽车突的一声发动了。

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In the fleeting glimpse before the car started up, Martin noted the overcoat pockets, one bulging with books, the other bulging with a quart bottle of whiskey.

在汽车起动之前的短暂的一瞥里，Martin 注意到大衣口袋，一边鼓鼓囊囊地塞着书，另一边鼓鼓囊囊地塞着一夸脱瓶装的威士忌酒。

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In a way, we're back to the questions we started with about trolley car and the organ transplant.

某种程度上，我们又回到了最初的问题,即之前的电车和器官移植问题。

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That's why I started with a spacial example: the train and move to the temporal example: the car.

所以今天一开始,我举出了特殊的例子：火车,现在又举例：汽车。

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He started the car again and went on.

他重新发动，继续前进。

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It was a long trip, and all the more miserable because the car started breaking down.

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The steering wheel deploys back into the driving position when the car is started, the angle of which can be pre-set and saved by the driver.

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It was interesting to note, for example, that while Volkswagen made its 2012 Beetle six inches longer and three inches wider than the former model (and, yes, touted these numbers), the company kept top of mind that this is the car that started its life in America as the hippie vehicle of choice.

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