An earthquake sometimes destroys whole cities.

地震有时会摧毁整个城市。

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In the past, whole cities grew from the arduous task of cutting and piling stone upon.

过去，整个城市都是由艰辛地切割和堆砌石头发展起来的。

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Museums, hospitals, parks and whole cities bore his name.

博物馆、医院、公园乃至所有城市所有的地方，他的大名无处不在。

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Of course, with cities we typically find a whole association of cultural characteristics, which we deem civilization.

当然,我们总能从城市中找到一系列,独具代表性的文化特征,我们将其界定义为文明

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The power failure caused havoc, with whole cities grinding to a halt and transport and other services badly hit.

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Spain for example gave birth to the first modern ghost towns, whole mini-cities that were so under-populated their were incapable of supporting an infrastructure, created in part because its construction industry has been subsidised by European money for the past twenty five years.

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