The falling water level denoted the passing hour as it dipped below hour lines inscribed on the inner surface.

当下降的水位低于内表面刻下的小时线，表示经过了多少时间。

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The changing seasons mark the passing of time.

寒来暑往，斗转星移。

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They mourn the passing of a simpler way of life.

他们对逝去的较为淳朴的生活感到惋惜。

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In fact,Pinetop was too busy celebrating his latest release and planning his current tour to worry about the passing of another year.

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And these aren't necessarily so incompatible but the evolutionary perspective I think would argue that you can feel that kind of love for more than one person or at least it would facilitate the passing on of your genetic material to a larger array of the next generation.

两种观点不太相容,但是持进化论观点的人认为,你可以和两个以上的人拥有完美式的爱情,至少会促进,你的基因传给更多下一代的人。

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Two quotations, the first the president Bush " "Passing a new growth package is our most pressing economic priority."

下面是两个引述，第一个来自布什总统,“一个新的一揽子增长计划迫在眉睫“

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Kris runs his own shop, which opens at 0400 GMT to catch the passing trade.

BBC: People's Assembly 2011

Fervent free market believers lost a hero Thursday with the passing of Milton Friedman.

FORBES: Milton Friedman Dies

Since the passing of Steve Jobs, the lack of salesmanship at the top has hurt Apple.

FORBES: Best News For Apple: Tim Cook Turns Into A Salesman