It was in the nature of a debate rather than an argument.

那更像是一场辩论，而不是争吵。

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His request was in the nature of a command.

他的请求好像是命令.

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There is movement towards, I think, something in the nature of a pluralistic system.

我想，出现了某种向类似多元体系转变的趋势。

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Many have already died, and in the nature of things many more will die.

很多人已经死去，更多的人势必也将会死去。

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In the nature of things , there is bound to be the occasional accident.

从道理上说, 肯定会有偶然事故发生.

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Is it not in the nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom?

渴望自由不是人类的天性 吗 ?

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Of course, in the nature of things, and with a lot of drinking going on, people failed to notice.

喝了那么多酒，大家当然没能察觉到。

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This dictionary, despite the care exercised in compiling it, cannot in the nature of things be free from error.

本词典虽非草率之作, 但错误仍在所难免.

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A change in the nature of the ground made the doctor change a way of locomotion.

地面上的情况变了,博士不能不换一种移动的方法.

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Moreover, it is in the nature of innovation to feed upon itself.

更值得一提的是, 创新的本质便是由创新激发创新.

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It is not in the nature of a dementor to be forgiving.

它们可不知道什么叫怜悯.

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The flower was something in the nature of a daffodil.

这种花有点像黄水仙.

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The cost will be in the nature of two hundred pounds.

价格将大约是200英镑.

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Make any material change in the nature of its business.

公司业务性质的任何重大改变.

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The deposIt'subscription may be in the nature of contract establishment and default of contract.

定金和订金都是基于防止合同不能履行之目的而在合同中频繁出现.

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