By the middle of the sixteenth century, financiers and traders commonly accepted bills of exchange in place of gold or silver for other goods.

到了16世纪中叶，金融家和商人普遍接受汇票来代替黄金或白银进行商品交换。

In the sixteenth century, the first real newspaper appeared.

在16世纪，第一份真正的报纸出现了。

For centuries one important ingredient was missing—the first tomatoes were not brought to Europe until the sixteenth century, from South America.

几世纪以来，一种重要的佐料却找不到了——第一批西红柿直到16世纪才从南美洲传到欧洲。

In the sixteenth century, fruit and vegetables were to be found only in gardens belonging to wealthy people.

在16世纪，水果和蔬菜只会出现在富人的花园里。

There was also a demand among urban consumers for dairy products such as butter and cheese, which, in the sixteenth century, had become more expensive than grain.

城市消费者对黄油和奶酪等乳制品也有需求，在16世纪，这些产品比谷物还贵。

By the sixteenth century, the Incas of South America ruled an empire that extended along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands from what is now Ecuador to central Chile.

到了16世纪，南美洲的印加人统治着一个帝国，它沿着太平洋海岸和安第斯高地，从现在的厄瓜多尔一直延伸到智利中部。

The sonnet, along with other Italian forms, was introduced to England in the sixteenth century by Sir Thomas Wyatt.

16世纪初，十四行诗连同其他一些意大利文学形式，由托马斯·怀特引入英格兰。

In the sixteenth century.

在十六世纪。

Tom is one of the seers in the sixteenth century.

汤姆是十六世纪的先知。

Tobacco was introduced into Europe in the sixteenth century.

烟草在十六世纪传入欧洲。

Like "hurricane", this word dates from the sixteenth century.

象“暴风”一样，此词十六世纪就有了。

The expression, feel the pinch, has been used since the sixteenth century.

feel the pinch这个短语从16世纪一直沿用至今。

Aristotle's static world view was not challenged until the sixteenth century.

亚里士多德的静态世界观在十六世纪以前一直没有受到怀疑。

Large machines started to be used for making paper near the end of the sixteenth century.

世纪末，大型机器设备开始在造纸业投入使用。

The early centuries down to the sixteenth century, Marco Polo, images of present and past.

十六世纪前，马可波罗，现在与过去的形象。

And he is not only the Italian fact; he is the European fact, the fact of the sixteenth century.

并且这不只是意大利的事实，也是欧洲的事实，十六世纪的事实。

The first recorded visit to the island by a European explorer occurred in the sixteenth century.

据资料记载，第一位访问小岛的人是一位欧洲探险家，时间为十六世纪。

Beginning in the sixteenth century many Greek classics were translated into the popular languages.

从十六世纪开始，许多希腊的经典著作被译成了通俗的语言。

No. Everybody's been using that, sort of since time immemorial or at least since the sixteenth century.

不，每个人都在用它，这个进程可能可以追溯到太古时期，不过至少16世纪。

The sixteenth century French buccaneer Francois le Clerc was nicknamed "Jambe DE Bois" because of his wooden leg.

16世纪法国海盗弗朗索瓦·克莱尔因为他的木制腿而获得了“Jambe de Bois”的绰号。

Rackets weren't developed until the sixteenth century, when the game became popular among aristocrats and was played in a walled court.

直到十六世纪球拍才问世，而此时网球已在贵族间蔚为风行，比赛场地的四周也隔起墙来。

The contacts between China and the Netherlands could be traced back to the sixteenth century, when Dutch merchants imported porcelain form China.

两国的交往可以追溯到十六世纪荷兰商人从中国进口瓷器的时期。

My hands are as delicate as those of a young woman, and I was beardless , as we used to say in that time, the years of the sixteenth century.

而且我是无须的，就像我们在十六世纪生活的那些年里常说的那样。