曾经

Once lovely countryside is absorbed by urban sprawl.

这个风光秀丽的乡村在城市的无规划扩展中消失了。

There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.

有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。

I felt shame that I had ever joyed in his discomfiture or pain.

我很羞愧对幸灾乐祸过。

Leeds failed to recapture the form which had swept them to the title.

利兹未能找回们飞黄腾达的那张表格。

He once did her a good turn, but she repaid it with a bad turn.

帮助过她, 而她却以怨报德。

The once clear mountain stream is now polluted and opaque.

是很清澈的山溪, 现在受到污染变得混浊了。

Once these are the houses of the rich; today they are sanitaria for ordinary people.

这些过去是富人的房子；今它们是普通人的疗养院。

The juniority rash smile would also owning ever?

还会拥有年少轻狂的微笑吗？

This mountain was the site for a quarry.

这座山有一个采石场。

I went through a long obsession with potlatch.

我很久对potlatch着迷。

The Arkansan nodded understandingly and said, "Yep. I had a truck like that once."

阿肯色人表示理解地点头说道：“我有一台那么慢的拖拉机。”

She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.

她厌恶地望着那个前几欺骗过她的小贩。

Gandhi had led nonviolent and noncooperation movements.

甘地领导过非暴力不合作运动。

The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released.

帮匪们威胁说如果印度方面不释放们的同伙，们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。

I axed her once if she would want pipes and t'ings put into her body.

我问过她是否想把导管之类的东西植入体内。

This is the cottage where the bandits once holed up.

这就是土匪藏身过的地方。

He used to be a millionnaire. But now he has become a bum.

（例）是个百万富翁，不过现在已变成个穷光蛋了。

The finds from these burial grounds point to the existence of a prosperous matriarchal society.

这些墓地中发现的东西说明有过一个昌盛的母系社会。

Quite a lot of actors have built their careers on his plays.

相当多的演员靠演出写的戏剧为职业。

He is an elderly gentleman who had had a cataract operation.

是一位动过白内障手术的老人。