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And when it got a vote earlier this year. Republicans flat-out voted "no".
当今年早些时候有一个投票的机会。共和党人断然投票反对。
《Your Weekly Address》《奥巴马每周电视讲话》
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Earlier this year a young woman named Elizabeth Cooper wrote to tell me how hard it is for middle-class families like hers to afford college.
今年早些时候，一位名叫伊丽莎白·库珀的女孩给我写信，告诉我像她这样的中产家庭在支付大学学费这件事情上有多么艰难。
《Your Weekly Address》《奥巴马每周电视讲话》
双语例句
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I lost my job earlier this year.
今年早些时候，我失业了。
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He reopened ties with Moscow earlier this year.
今年早些时候他重新建立了和莫斯科的联系。
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His eighth book came out earlier this year and was an instant best-seller.
他的第8本书今年早些时候出版了，并很快成为了一本畅销书。
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Earlier this year they were notified that their homes were to be cleared away.
今年早些时候他们被通知说他们的家将被拆除。
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But now high-level delegations will reopen talks that broke up earlier this year.
但现在高层代表团将恢复今年早些时候中断的对话。