And during that time, since I've left university, these numbers have got bigger and bigger, each one dwarfing the last, until along came this man, Dr. Curtis Cooper, who a few years ago held the record for the largest ever prime, only to see it snatched away by a rival university.
在我离开了大学的那段时间里， 这些数变得越来越大， 每一个都让上一个数相形见绌， 直到柯蒂斯·库珀博士的出现， 他在几年之前还保持着古往今来所发现的最大质数的记录， 又眼睁睁地看着这个记录被一对手大学夺走.