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They enjoyed exemption from customs duties on goods to be used by themselves.

他们的自用物品获得免除关税.

The northern part of the city used to be sparsely populated , but has now become a cultural centre.

城北过去很冷落, 现在成了文化区.

The materials can be used singly or in combination.

这些材料可以单独使用也可以混合用.

They used strings previously treated with powdered glass.

他们使用了事前用玻璃粉末处理过的绳子.

A federal judge upheld the undercover Methods: Used in the case.

一位联邦法官主张在此案中使用秘密的方法.

The tools will corrode with rust if never used.

这些工具如长期不用会长铁锈而损坏.

He used photographs as illustration for his talk.

他用照片为他的演讲作图片说明.

It used to be usual to bind out promising boys for many years.

过去,人们经常让有出息的男孩子拜师学艺好多年.

We used a dog to flush out the rabbits.

我们用条狗把那些兔子赶走.

They said that her husband used to knock her around but they had never heard her complain.

他们说她丈夫曾对她拳打脚踢,但从没听她诉过苦.

The medicine is used to assuage pain.

这种药用来止痛.

Atomic energy has been discovered for many years, but so far it has not been widely used in industry or in our daily life.

原子能已发现多年, 但至今仍未广泛用于工业或日常生活方面.

He is becoming used to listening to others.

他正变得习惯于听别人的意见.

He used his job as a screen for his spying activities.

他利用他的工作作掩护进行间谍活动.

Vinegar is used in preserving food.

醋可用来保存食物。

The money is to be used for the benefit of the poor.

这笔钱用来为穷人谋福利.

In those remote mountains people used to farm by the slash and burn method.

那个偏僻山区,过去是刀耕火种.

The village used to be poor.

这个村庄过去很穷.

I used to go out nearly every night but I decided to knock it on the head because I couldn't really afford it.

我以前几乎每晚外出,但我决定停止,因为我实在抽不出时间.

My grandmother used to work below stairs as a housemaid when she was young.

我祖母年轻的时候曾当过女佣人.

I used to have a companion to that ornament, but I broke it.

我原来还有一件装饰品和那一个配对, 可是我把它弄坏了.

The new weapon was too inhumane to be used.

这种新式武器太惨无人道而不宜使用.

In " It's a bloody miracle! ", " bloody " is used as an intensive word.

在 “ It‘sabloodymiracle! ” 一句中, bloody是用作加强语气的词.

Holmes used an informal, chatty tone in his essays.

霍姆斯在文章中语气轻松随便.

There used to be low and dirty houses.

那里曾是些矮而肮脏的房舍.

" Queer " is the word often used euphemistically for " mad ".

“ Queer ” 这个词常用作 “ mad ” 的委婉语.

The police used dogs to track the criminal.

警察用警犬来追踪罪犯.

She's no less active than she used to be.

她和以往一样的活跃.

Either dye or paints are used to colour cloth.

不论是染料还是颜料都是用来染布的.