As the years passed he felt trapped by certain realities of marriage.

随着岁月的流逝，他感到受困于某些婚姻的现实情况。

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Four long years passed.

漫长的四年过去了。

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Years passed, but I never saw her.

多年过去了，但我再也没见过她。

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"As the years passed, most Americans were able to return to life much as it had been before 9/11.

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And another person from Harvard, Philip Stone one of the parents of positive psychology was Philip Stone, who passed away two years ago, yesterday.

还有一位哈佛的教授，积极心理学的另一位父辈，两年前的昨天去世了。

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Eight more years passed, Calvin,the father and Everett, the son still had nothing to say to each other.

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As the years passed, many of the buildings were left vacant above street level.

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As the years passed, I found myself mentoring several young women here at Forbes.

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But as the years passed the AMT took on a life of its own.

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