They spent half the time looking for a parking space.

他们花了一半的时间寻找停车位。

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They spent many days cruising the northern Pacific Ocean.

他们花了很多天巡游北太平洋。

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They spent a month steeping themselves in Chinese culture.

他们花了一个月时间潜心钻研中国文化。

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They spent their days with their eyes fixed on the sky,singing "White Christmas", muttering about food.

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That didn't work. Well they couldn't figure out what was wrong. And they spent a long time trying to debug the program.

调试这个程序,那时候当然不叫调试了,然后他们发现了问题。

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They were not farmers as we shall see, and therefore, they spent their lives practicing warfare.

我们需要认识到,他们不是农夫,他们视战争操练为生活的一部分

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Judge John Bevan said despite money problems they spent all they had at car boot sales.

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They spent two years trying to do different things before they got to the current model.

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Half of these nights they spent in one bed and the other half in separate rooms.

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