In 1875, the Gardners adopted the 3 sons of Jack's brother, who had recently died.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

It was gradually adopted by other countries through time and the United States didn't officially adopt it until 1900.

随着时间的流逝，它渐渐被,其它国家所采用,美国直到1900年才正式采用金本位制度。

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And so the mixed group that would join together to become Israel accepted Yahweh, though perhaps not exclusively, and adopted the national story of the Exodus as its own at some point.

那么这些融合的群体团结起来,成为接受耶和华的以色列，也许并不是排外的，在这时将《出埃及记》纳入变为国家历史故事。

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Kaylee,we liked that name. We adopted her and in the hospital they gave her a name of Cali which we didn't like "Caroline was a name that we liked.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

It's unclear which...it's only by...only in the early '80s that they've really adopted measured monetary, right?

貌似一直到80年代初期,美国政府才真正采取货币紧缩政策，对吗？

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

"There is the initial definition by the United Nations when they adopted the genocide convention, which is considered generally authoritative.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

And this is very important, because the Romans, as their power grew in the East, they simply moved increasingly into the eastern Mediterranean and they adopted the whole Greek system, the Greek world, and they didn't even try to make it non-Greek.

这点非常重要，因为随着罗马人的势力在东方日渐壮大，他们不断朝地中海东部推进,并采取了全套希腊系统，希腊世界，甚至没有作出任何非希腊式的改变。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

With 180 of the GA's the North Korea resolution was adopted with 97 countries in favor,19 against and 65 abstentions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

And since then there been at least 2 iterations of further stop gap measures, first European community adopted and then American are doing much the training.

至少有两次想要控制差距的措施，一个是欧盟采用的,然后美国也在作相似的训练工作。

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The General Assembly committee also adopted a resolution on human rights abuses in Burma, which is also known as Myanmar.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

The U.S. adopted the Basel requirements in 1989 and they're still enforced today.

美国在1989年采纳了巴塞尔要求,而且他们直到今天还在执行着

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Security is part of a three-prong approach the Obama administration has adopted toward Afghanistan, along with political progress and promoting development.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

The many civilizations adopted by the human race have shared basic characteristics.

人类承袭的多样文明,都有着共同的基本特征

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Nine months later, Ebel's father was arrested. He remained a prisoner in his newly-adopted country for most of the war.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

The patriarchal stories are clearly not the work of the Deuteronomist, and these stories must have had very longstanding traditional authority if they were adopted without serious modification by the Deuteronomist redactor some modification, but not serious.

那些宗法故事显然不是预言师的作品，这些故事必然经过了传统权威的检验,如果他们是未经更改直接引用的话,由那些预言编写者,这里有一些改动，但不是太多。

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AU Commissioner for Political Affairs Julia Dolly Joiner has experienced the frustration of seeing high-sounding declarations adopted and then forgotten.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"The historic resolution we just adopted enshrines our shared commitment to the goal of a world without nuclear weapons,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

But Enzi adopted a negative tone when he gave the Republican response to one of President Obama's recent weekly radio addresses.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

The separate resolutions were adopted in the General Assembly committee responsible for social, humanitarian and cultural affairs known as the Third Committee.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

During an appearance on NBC television's Today show, Gingrich said President Obama has adopted the wrong approach.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

Tens of thousands of Malians have been holding protests and expressing outrage since the National Assembly adopted the new family code in early August.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Mullen also said he was impressed by how quickly the new directive on avoiding civilian casualties has been adopted by U.S.troops at all levels.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

(Speech) Mr.Hu says the measures China adopted to counter the crisis are conducive to the steady and relatively fast growth of the Chinese economy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

In 2004,the French government adopted a law banning Muslim girls from wearing headscarves to schools.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

Under his stewardship, the European Union has adopted an ambitious climate-change program that aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent or more by 2020.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Whether the scanners are adopted more widely and how they are used, will likely be prime topics of discussion at congressional hearings expected early next year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Police adopted similar tactics early Sunday in Lahore, surrounding the home of opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and deploying scores of officers in riot gear throughout the city.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

But the bloc has still not adopted the Lisbon treaty, aimed to reform and streamline EU institutions and many Europeans consider the European Union to be remote and unresponsive to their needs.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

He says the staff eventually adopted green practices.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

They were tribal members who came up with an unbreakable code in their complex language that was adopted by American forces in the Pacific during World War II and used to confound the Japanese.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22