过去

American firms used to be allowed to amortise goodwill over many years.

美企业被允许将商誉很多年内逐步摊销。

He followed this up with a few horrifying anecdotes from his own past.

他接下讲了几件有关自己令人震惊轶。

It is not advisable just to sit there brooding about the unpleasant bygones.

老是坐那里闷闷不乐地想着那些不愉情并不好。

Never in his life had Robin ailed before.

罗宾从未生病。

For many years the atom was believed to be indivisible.

有很多年原子一直被认为是不可分割。

An eparchy was a civil administrative district in the Byzantine Empire .

都区是拜占庭帝行政区划一级。

She has behaved appallingly—I must say I thought better of her.

她做得太分了，我得承认是高估了她。

Our dog used to escape by scraping through the bars of his fence.

我们狗常从阻挡它栏杆之间挤。

Over the last decade, the use of countertrade in international commerce has become more widespread.

十年，互惠贸易际商业活动已经应用越来越广泛。

The little colt shied at the fence and refused to jump over it.

这匹小雄马到障碍物前害怕了, 不敢跳。

She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.

她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷了。

You cannot in all conscience think that is fair pay.

凭良心说这工资说不。

Many words once commonly used have fallen into desuetude.

许多曾通用词, 今天已经废弃不用了。

He had several goes at the high jump before he succeeded in clearing it.

他跳高时试跳了几次才跳。

Stay in concealment until the danger has passed.

把自己藏起来,待危险后再出来。

He conceded us the right to walk through his land.

他允许我们从他土地上走。

His elder sister had been his guide, counsellor and friend.

他姐姐一直指导他, 给他出主意, 是他朋友。

He had had a blackout after the accident.

故发生后,他晕一阵子。

Beth had secured his promise that he would neverprobe into her past.

贝思已经让他答应永远不打听她。

She meets her old boyfriend for a drink.

她不时与她男朋友见面喝上一杯。