For four out of the past five years, there has been less ice than usual.

在过去5年中有4次哪里的冰都比正常的少。

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The number of cinema tickets sold actually increased during three out of the past four recessions.

在经济衰退过去的四个月中，影院售票数量却有3个月增加了。

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What a strange feeling it is—surely we all know it—to look through old letters of our young days; a different life rises up out of the past, as it were, with all its hopes and sorrows.

我们都知道，假如我们把我们年轻时代的旧信拿出来读读，我们会产生一种多么奇怪的感觉啊！ 整个的一生和这生命中的希望和哀愁都会浮现出来。

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But in the past year, the army has successfully pushed them out of their strongholds.

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Turns out that once you get past the hormonal blast of adolescence about 10% of dreams have explicit sexual content.

研究还发现一旦你过了,荷尔蒙旺盛的青春期,你有10%的梦都是和性有关的。

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Use this pattern whenever you want to find out about the timing of an event in the past, present, or future.

当你想知道过去、现在或者未来某件事发生的时间时，你都可以使用这个句型。

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This Michael guy really needs to get out of the past and into the future.

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It has earned negative economic earnings in 13 out of the past 14 years.

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Cash allocations have been close to this level during three out of the past four months.

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