Once lovely countryside is absorbed by urban sprawl.

这个曾风光秀丽乡村在城市无规划扩展中消失了。

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

曾有人就看电视太多危害性提出严重警告。

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

我很羞愧曾对他幸灾乐祸过。

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

利兹未能找回曾使他们飞黄腾达那张表格。

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

他曾帮助过她, 而她却以怨报德。

The once clear mountain stream is now polluted and opaque.

曾是很清溪, 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.

这些过去曾是富人房子；今天它们是普通人疗养。

The juniority rash smile would also owning ever?

拥有曾年少轻狂微笑吗？

This mountain was the site for a quarry.

这座曾有一个采石场。

I went through a long obsession with potlatch.

我曾很久对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：“我曾有一台那么慢拖拉机。”

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

她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾欺骗过她小贩。

Gandhi had led nonviolent and noncooperation movements.

甘地曾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.

帮匪们曾威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们同伙，他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.

我曾问过她是否想把导管之类东西植入体内。

This is the cottage where the bandits once holed up.

这就是土匪曾藏身过地方。

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

（例）他曾是个百万富翁，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.

这些墓地中发现东西说明曾有过一个昌盛母系社。

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

相当多演员曾靠演出他写戏剧为职业。

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

他是一位曾动过白内障手术老人。