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基本解释

This is not surprising: today's fiscal deficits exceed those of any previous period, in peacetime.
这并不令人感到意外：目前财政赤字的规模，为以往的任何和平时期所未见。
Between 2003 and 2007, average income worldwide grew at a faster rate (3.1 percent) than in any previous period in recorded human history.
从2003年到2007年，全世界平均收入的增长水平（3.1%）比有记录以来人类历史任何时期都要高。
There will be no more negative trends of the previous period in summer.
前段时间的事情在夏天不会向不好的趋势发展。

A kind of a pin used to hold your cloak together, called a fibula, unknown in the previous period.
一种别住披风的别针,称之为扣针,这在之前的时期从未出现过
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And, like the previous period before 1991, Iraqi officials again assured the U.N. that they were hiding no weapons of mass destruction.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Unable to verify, unworthy of trust
The equity ratio is also scheduled to remain in the same range as for the previous period of 25 to 35 percent.
ENGADGET: T-Mobile and Apple sign agreement to launch products in 2013
Mitsubishi UFJ took JPY 8.4 billion and MitsuiSumitomo JPY 7.2 billion fewer provisions than in the previous period, thus boosting current period relative performance.
FORBES: Financial Performance of Six Big Banks