The symbolism may come from the fact that the olive tree takes a long time to produce fruit, so olives could only be cultivated successfully in long periods of peace.

它的象征意义可能来自于橄榄树需要很长时间才能结出果实，所以橄榄只能在长久的和平时期才能被成功种植。

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It was the first time that the leaders of these two enemies had touched. The enemies had become Allies - partners in building peace.

这是第一次两个有敌意的国家相互接触洽谈，现在两国在建立和平问题上已由敌人转变成盟友了。

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She collected statistics which proved that the death rate for young soldiers in peace time was double that of the normal population.

她根据收集的统计数据证明在和平时期年轻士兵的死亡率是普通人的两倍。

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It takes ordinarily it takes for 5 years in the peace time conditions to set up any kind of army.

在和平时期，一般要5年时间才能建立一个军队。

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What is naturally right what is right by nature in peace time will not be the same as what is naturally right or right by nature in times of war.

太平时的自然正当,天生的正当将非常不同于,战时的自然正当与天生的正当,正常情势的正当。

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Despite regular public appearances, Willem-Alexander is also fiercely private, giving reporters and photographers brief, choreographed glimpses of his family in return for being left in peace the rest of the time.

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And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice -- not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance and opportunity, human dignity and justice.

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