Once lovely countryside is absorbed by urban sprawl.

这个曾经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.

曾经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.

我很羞愧曾经对他幸过。

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

利兹未能找回曾经使他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.

他曾经帮助过, 而却以怨报德。

The once clear mountain stream is now polluted and opaque.

曾经是很清澈的山溪, 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.

这些过去曾经是富人的房子；今它们是普通人的疗养院。

The juniority rash smile would also owning ever?

还会拥有曾经年少轻狂的微笑吗？

This mountain was the site for a quarry.

这座山曾经有一个采石场。

I went through a long obsession with potlatch.

我曾经很久对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：“我曾经有一台那么慢的拖拉。”

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

恶地望着那个前几曾经欺骗过的小贩。

Gandhi had led nonviolent and noncooperation movements.

甘地曾经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.

帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，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.

我曾经问过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.

这就是土匪曾经藏身过的地方。

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

（例）他曾经是个百万富翁，不过现在已经变成个穷光蛋了。

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曾经有过一个昌盛的母系社会。

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

相当多的演员曾经靠演出他写的戏剧为职业。

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

他是一位曾经动过白内障手术的老人。