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This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.

这种做法以女性在家需要照顾为由进行辩护，并且直到1960年代，陪审团仍然无法代表女性群体。

But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point.

但若恩特格里公司信守承诺，这场争论就无关紧要了。

has kept pace with inflation.

与通货膨胀保持同步。

An economic survey of 700 u.s. taxpayers found that people would be willing to pay a significant amount of money to make sure the parks and their programs are kept intact.

一项针对700名美国纳税人进行的经济调查显示，人们愿意支付大笔钱来确保公园及其项目得以完整保留。

We were kept afloat by "peak TV", the glut of content that was required by the explosion of streaming services.

我们得以维持下去，是因为有"电视高峰期"，即流媒体服务的爆炸式增长所要求的大量内容供应。