从前
- before;once upon;once upon a time;in the past;formerly;In the old days;long ago
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(1) [formerly;before]∶往昔,先前
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从前香山观有个道士天天讲故事
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(2) [once]∶曾经,一度
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从前和她很熟悉,可是现在忘记了她的名字
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我从前见过她,不过现在认不出她来。
I 've seen her before but I just can 't place her .
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你看上去与从前不一样了。
You look different than before .
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从前的生活是什么样的,奶奶?
What was life like in the olden days , Gran ?
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我十分怀念从前在西班牙的时光。
I have very fond memories of my time in Spain .
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从前的夏天,我们经常泛舟湖上。
We used to go sailing on the lake in summer .
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从前有一个贫苦的农夫,他有四个儿子。
There once was a poor farmer who had four sons .
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英国的酒吧营业时间从前受到很严格的限制。
Britain 's licensing hours used to be very restricted .
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现在情况不比从前了。
Things ain 't what they used to be .
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她的头发是从前边往后梳的。
Her hair was swept back from her face .
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从前,就多数妇女而言,结婚的比独身的更有地位。
For most women , marriage used to bring a higher status than spinsterhood .
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传统故事采用“从前…”一类的套语。
Traditional stories make use of formulaic expressions like ‘ Once upon a time …’ .
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随着时间的推移,他的影响已不如从前了。
His influence has diminished with time .
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我的记性赶不上从前了。
My memory isn 't as good as it once was .
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她无法再回到从前的生活。
There is no going back to the life she had
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宗教统一仍然和从前一样,不过是个妄想。
Religious unity remained as much a chimera as ever .
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66岁的她还和从前一样精神矍铄。
At 66 , she was as feisty as ever .
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作为一种投资,房产不再是从前意义上的房产。
As an investment , bricks and mortar are not what they were .
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他一心渴望回到从前。
He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past
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从前的那条路已经消失在杂草和欧石南丛中。
The old road had disappeared under grass and heather
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这位斗士相信自己仍然可以恢复从前的一些魔力。
The fighter believes he can still regain some of his old magic .
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法律行业正开始变得更具平民性,不像从前那么精英化。
The legal profession is starting to be less elitist and more representative .
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钱特尔记起了从前在海滩上度过的无忧无虑的夏日时光。
Chantal remembered carefree past summers at the beach .
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她从前经常用手提电脑一直工作到凌晨4点。
She used to work at her laptop until four in the morning .
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她努力告别从前的个性。
She tried hard to slough off her old personality
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治疗之后他又可以继续下去了,可是再也恢复不到从前的状态了。
After treatment he was able to continue but he was never quite the same
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他们不再像从前那样羞怯矜持了。
They are no longer anything like as fey and reserved as they once were
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她真诚地希望弥补从前的过失。
She was sincere and genuine in her wish to make amends for the past
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他从前在海军服役。
He had formerly been in the Navy .
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迄今为止,从前南斯拉夫接收的难民只有区区1,100人。
It has so far accepted a miserable 1,100 refugees from the former Yugoslavia .
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政府部长们一直在应对从前的同事的公然挑战。
Government ministers have been responding to the challenge thrown down by their former colleague .