1·The Babylonian Empire was conquered by the Persian Empire in 539 BCE.
巴比伦帝国于公元前539年被波斯帝国征服。
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2·They subsisted offspring migrations of Persian gazelles from the south.
他们使从南方迁徙过来的波斯瞪羚的后代可以生存下去。
3·These included people and trading goods from the Mediterranean, Persian, Magyar, Armenian, Bactrian, Indian and Chinese areas.
这些包括来自地中海、波斯、马扎尔、亚美尼亚、大夏、印度和中国地区的人和商品贸易。
4·A Persian rug covered the hardwood floors.
一张波斯小地毯铺在了那硬木地板上。
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5·The Persian Gulf has 65 percent of the world's oil reserves.
波斯湾拥有全世界石油储备的65%。
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6·During this war in the Persian Gulf, NPR will have newscasts every hour on the hour.
在这场海湾战争期间，美国国家公共广播电台会进行整点新闻报道。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
7·They approved a $1.1 billion package of pay increases for the veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
他们批准了为参加过波斯湾战争的退伍军人增付11亿美元的一揽子计划。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
8·Alexander defeated the Persian Army, which at that time controlled all of Asia Minor, Modern Turkey, and had even threatened to control Greece.
亚历山大打败了波斯军队，波斯军队当时控制了整个小亚细亚，也就是今土耳其，甚至威胁要控制希腊。
9·My elder brothers had a Persian tutor.
我的哥哥们有一位波斯语家庭老师。
10·Persian leopards are native to the Middle East.
波斯豹生活在中东。
1·He considered going east to the lands of his Mongol relations, but regarded them as savages (and would have been horrified to learn that the Persian word for Mongol stuck to his dynasty).
他考虑过去东边他的蒙古亲戚那里，但他认为他们是野蛮人（要是他知道他的王朝会与蒙古这个词相应的波斯语单词紧密联系在一起，他可能会被吓坏的）。
2·Her name means voice in Persian, and many are now calling her the voice of Iran.
她的名字在波斯语中的意思是“歌声”，而很多人现在也称之为“伊朗之声”。
3·He spoke Arabic and Persian, as well as French, German, Spanish and Russian.
他会讲阿拉伯语、波斯语、法语、德语、西班牙语和俄语。
4·Often hailed as Iran's "blogfather", he published a do-it-yourself guide to blogging in Persian earlier this decade that helped to prompt an explosion of activity.
通常他被认为是伊朗的“博客之父”，本世纪十年之初他用波斯语发布了博客自助指南，从而引发了民众化理论为行动的热潮。
5·It’s also odd that instead of using, as he does in most instances, local names to describe places, he used Persian terms for Mongol and Chinese place names, " he added.
同样奇怪的是，在大多数情况下，马可•波罗都使用波斯语，而不是当地语言来描述蒙古和中国的地名。
1·But what if a Persian individual meets someone from Western culture in the workplace?
但倘若一个波斯人在工作场所中遇见一个西方人，会发生什么？
2·No even moderately stable future looks possible without some sort of co-operation between Iraq's American occupiers and its Arab, Persian and Turkish neighbours.
如果没有驻伊拉克美军，阿拉伯人，波斯人和土耳其这些邻居某种程度的合作，伊拉克前景就不可能乐观。
3·This Persian invention can be seen in many locations around the Middle East and surrounding areas, where daytime temperatures are typically very hot.
这个波斯人的发明常见于中东及其周边地区的很多地方，这些地区的白昼气温通常都很高。
4·You have nothing I want, Persian.
你没有我想要的东西，波斯人。
5·“She looks Persian, ” he said of a regal visage carved into a brownstone frieze garlanded with leaves and birds. “She’s absolutely beautiful, and she’s absolutely a queen.”
“她看着像个波斯人，”他说的是一件褐砂石中楣上雕出的一张高贵的脸庞，树叶和小鸟交织在她头上的花环中，“她是那么漂亮，她绝对是一位皇后。”
1·I gave her five gray Persian cats (I love cats) and an Irish wolfhound.
她还有五个灰色波斯猫(我喜欢猫)和爱尔兰猎狼犬。
2·My Persian always bites my slippers.
我的波斯猫总是咬我的拖鞋。
3·A Persian cat is all very well, I said; but a Persian cat is not enough.
我是说，一只波斯猫的确很好，但却远远不够。
4·She's a Persian. She has papers and everything. Not like a street dog.
它是只波斯猫。血统证明等文件全都有。不像流浪街头的狗。
5·I left the gym sweaty and only slightly wired, and there in front of me appeared a beautiful woman with long dark hair, a camera, and an exquisite sense of calm usually reserved for Persian cats.
我汗淋淋地离开健身房，带着些许紧张，当面迎来一个拿着照相机留着深色长发的美丽女人，她身上散发出像波斯猫一般平静如水的气质。