他们过去没有被公正地对待过。

They were not treated justly in the past.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

如果你过去没有信心做烙饼的话，就别再被它吓着–真没什么难的。

If you've shied away from making pancakes in the past, don't be put off – there's really nothing to it!

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

这是他过去没有了解到的她的性格的一个方面。

This was one aspect of her character he hadn't seen before.

《牛津词典》

I'm perfectly capable of understanding the past in and for itself without any contribution of my own, without, in short, any preconceptions."

我十分能够理解过去,而没有自己的贡献，简单点说就是没有任何的先入之见“

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There had been a half century that had passed since any great modern epic or romance epic had even been produced.

在过去的半个世纪中,没有任何伟大的现代史诗或浪漫史诗出现。

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As your record shapes itself an awed wonder haunts you, and yet there is no more exciting an adventure than trying to be honest in this way.

你过去的事变成一种让你毛骨悚然恐怖的经历，没有什么比如实记录更激动人心的了,当你写完之后。

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