1·Thousands died in the disaster.
数千人在这场灾祸中丧生。
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2·Thousands have lost their jobs.
数千人都丢了工作。
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3·Thousands are dying of thirst.
成千上万的人都干渴得奄奄一息。
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4·India has thousands of miles of track.
印度有数千英里的铁道。
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5·Thousands lined up to register to vote.
数千人排队登记投票。
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6·Thousands of people attended the funeral.
数千人参加了葬礼。
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7·He donated thousands of pounds to charity.
他向慈善事业捐款数千英镑。
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8·The fish lay thousands of eggs at one time.
这种鱼一次产卵数千个。
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9·Cancer kills thousands of people every year.
每年数以千计的人死于癌症。
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10·Thousands of firms could go out of business.
数千家商号可能倒闭。
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1·They cost thousands if not millions of pounds to build.
建设要耗费数千英镑，甚至可能是数百万英镑。
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2·The system was launched on "Baby Come Home" in March and contains thousands of pictures of missing children across the country.
该系统于今年3月在“Baby Come Home”网站上推出，其中包含了全国各地数千张失踪儿童的照片。
3·To avoid hurting the thousands of crested ibises that fly near one part of the railway, protective nets have been set up along the tracks to make sure the birds will not fly into a train.
为了避免伤害在铁路附近飞行的数千只朱鹮，铁路沿线已经设置了防护网，以确保这些鸟儿不会飞进火车。
4·Inkatha and the ANC have blamed each other for the violence which took place as thousands of Inkatha supporters marched through the city to demand the creation of a sovereign Zulu kingdom.
数千名因卡塔支持者游行穿过该市，要求建立一个独立的祖鲁王国，因卡塔与非国大互相指责对方应为暴力事件负责。
5·The incandescent light bulb, invented by Thomas Edison, which came to be the symbol of inspiration, has been developed into hundreds, if not thousands, of forms.
托马斯·爱迪生发明的白炽灯成为了灵感的象征，现在已经演变成数百种甚至数千种形式了。