Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.

过去一年，各项费用已经减少了20%。

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Over the past year, the company has joined the big league.

去年一年中，公司已跻身一流之列。

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He has matured a great deal over the past year.

经过过去这一年，他成熟了许多。

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For the past year, the World Food Program has operated a project to prevent hunger in twenty-one countries in Africa.

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I think it's much severe than what you have experienced in the past year or two for the general economic situation.

甚至比过去两年的经济形势,还要严峻。

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This year, no, not really. Um, years past, I was in a Columbia Political Union,

今年没有，但是去年，我参加了哥伦比亚政治联盟，

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Nor is gold the only commodity to have shot up over the past year.

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In a mostly depressed Tokyo market, Orix stock has climbed 43% over the past year.

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The good news is that 117 countries have increased their economic freedom in the past year.

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