He had been arrested instead, on the eve of war.

然而就在二战的前夜，他被捕了。

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On the eve of the first world war, Eichengreen shows, the Dutch guilder, Belgian franc and Austrian schilling were all more important as reserve currencies than the dollar.

埃森格林指出，第一次世界大战爆发前夕，荷兰盾、比利时法郎和奥地利先令都是比美元更重要的储备货币。

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Russian NATO envoy Rogozin says poor relations between Russia and the alliance over Georgia remind him of tensions in Europe on the eve of World War I.

俄罗斯驻北约大使罗戈津说，俄罗斯与北约因为格鲁吉亚所引发的紧张关系，就如同第一次世界大战前夕欧洲的紧张气氛。

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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has testified at his war crimes trial that he did not meet with a rebel leader on the eve of the invasion of Sierra Leone.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

He had been arrested instead, on the eve of war.

ECONOMIST: Heinrich Harrer

The former foreign minister, who said on the eve of the war he would rather die than be taken into U.S. custody, had suffered two recent heart attacks.

CNN: U.S. hoping Aziz will talk

Indeed, beginning with this still life, the joining of the skull with other symbols appears in Braque's mature work only on the eve of World War II, with these combinations continuing during the Nazi Occupation.

WSJ: Vanitas I | Georges Braque | Denying Death | Masterpiece by E.A. Carmean Jr.