Mr rui 's comments revived a controversy that first flared when starbucks moved into the forbidden city six years ago , but which had lain largely dormant since .
这种争论首次出现是在6年前星巴克进入紫禁城时,不过自那以后,基本上已经平息。
These assurances , coupled with a stronger social safety net and employment provisions ( see article ) , may help lift some of the deflationary fog that has lain heavy over japan for so long .
That suddenly upset the diplomatic limbo in which the territorial dispute had lain for years .
这起事件扰乱了已搁置数年之久的领土争端外交困局。
But that detail , he says , had lain unnoticed for years in the national archive .
他说,这类细节多年来在国家档案里不为人知。
I look out now at certain times of the day and see that he has glued up some paper in his window and has lain down under his desk for his cat nap .
现在,我每天的某些时候会往外看,看到他在自己的窗子上贴几张纸,然后躺在自己的桌子下面打盹儿。
The buffalo had lain in a bank vault since the battle of britain in 1940 and was still wrapped in wartime newspaper when mr axford saw it for the first time .