Their efforts over the past years have been largely misdirected.

他们过去几年的努力大都白费了。

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Many kind people helped me over the past years.

在过去的几年里，许多善良的人帮助了我。

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I have thought about this thing often over the past years.

在过去的几年里，我经常思考这件事。

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We asked the Washington,D.C., arts blogger Bob Anthony how this summer's festival compared to those of past years.

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I would say absolutely. And I would say even I could notice over the past four years I feel and there is a different tenor.

我答案是肯定的，我想说,甚至我都能感受到过去四年里,学校氛围发生的变化。

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And one of the nice things about Central Park over the past few years, it's gotten much, much more safe.

中央公园在过去的几年里最好的一点就是它变得越来越安全了。

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The spin from the Manchester City hierarchy was both predictable and echoed past years.

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And certainly, in past years, there's a lot more of that than there is now.

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Earlier this month, the city said fewer students qualified for citywide programs than in past years.

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