的确如此

as it is───实际上；事实上；既然如此

outdid───v.优于；胜过（outdo的过去式）

so be it───诚心所愿；顺其自然

sordid───adj.肮脏的；卑鄙的；利欲熏心的；色彩暗淡的

slog it out───决出胜负；争出个高低

strict diet───厉行节食

to sit down───坐下

Even so it did sign up to short-and vague-guidelines on turning the declaration into the formal code of conduct promised for nearly a decade now.───诺森洛克通过证券工具向投资者发行较长期票据，从而在这个特殊的季度，银行并没有面对大规模兑现的威胁。

A series of flaws and errors got in the way of the normal operation of the device, and so it did not seal the well.───即使如此，中国还是签署了简短而模糊的关于将宣言转变为正式的行为守则的指导方针，该守则已被允诺几乎十年了。

And once Bunny graduated, so it did.

Such epoch-making success in television often has a price, and so it did in the case of Nyree Dawn Porter.

Team leader Alan Smith said the nursery was committed to preserving the environment so it did not use peat materials or chemicals.

So it did when he introduced a two-handed representation, Jan Leeming and myself.

The program they chose was geared for college kids and adults, so it did little to coddle the volunteers -- or his anxious parents.

I did not live far from the school so it did not take long to get there.