If you've been lucky enough to look at a piece of rock art close up, you'll know it's an experience that makes you wonder about the passage of time and our own history.

如果你有幸近距离观看一件岩石艺术品，你会知道这是一种让你对时间流逝和历史感到好奇的经历。

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The many changing factors of the relationship need to be acknowledged, rather than hoping that the mere passage of time will magically connect parents to their adult children.

这段关系中的许多变化因素需要被正视，而不是单单寄希望于时间流逝就能神奇地把父母与其成年子女联系起来。

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Her confidence grew with the passage of time.

她的信心与日俱增。

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In one scale there was a 5 point improvement in symptoms in the placebo pill group, but people who got nothing had a 4 point improvement over the same period of time This suggests that the main effect here is the passage of time.

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The trader benefits from subsiding volatility as well as the passage of time by holding the short straddle.

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But after the 2010-11 season, the worst of his career (he finished with a losing record for the first time, and the Devils missed the playoffs), Brodeur acknowledged that the passage of time had dulled his quickness and athleticism.

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