New types of ships were needed, new methods of finding one's way, new techniques for financing so vast a scheme.

新型船舶，新的寻路方法，以及为如此庞大的计划融资的新技术都是必要的。

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So vast a sum, all in actual cash, seemed next to incredible.

这么大一笔钱，全是现金，简直令人难以置信。

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Agricultural advance in so vast a country, with such a large population and backward economy as in China, requires above all else mobilizing the initiative of peasants to work hard and self-reliantly.

我们的国家大，人口众多，经济落后，农业要搞上去，最重要的还是要调动农民的积极性，自力更生，艰苦奋斗。

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Don Baxter from the Australian Federation of AIDS Organizations says in a vast and rugged nation the army's support is vital.

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The barriers to unity presented by European geography and very limited technology made it hard for a would-be conqueror to create a vast empire, eliminating competitors and imposing his will over vast areas.

由于欧洲独特的地理条件,和当时有限的科技水平,使未来的征伐者很难建立一个广袤的帝国,清除异己和使他的意志,传播到广袤领地的每一个角落

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As he writes, The Astonishing Hypothesis is that: You, your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules.

正如他在其著作《惊人的假说》中写到,你,你的喜悦,悲伤,回忆,抱负,你对人格同一性的感知,你的自由意志,事实上,这一切都不过,是大量神经细胞集,与其缔合分子的生理反应而已

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By so vast a margin did the REITs subsequently excel that the blue chips would have to quadruple tomorrow simply to close the gap.

FORBES: REIT Bubble

If so vast a sum of money is to be spent, they argue, it should only be done in the framework of a deal that will address the long-term imbalances.

ECONOMIST: America's stimulus plan

Under no circumstances should the Congress be railroaded into acting on so vast a rewriting of the law of the land without so much as a single hearing into the implications and advisability of doing so.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy