据说他过去曾经是一位足球运动员。
他过去曾经是一个体育运动爱好者。
据说地球过去曾经是太阳的一部分。
我的爸爸过去曾经是一名数学老师。
他过去曾经是一个历史老师。
过去曾经是坚实的土地被认为不再坚实。
他过去曾经是个老师，但是他现在变成作家了。
这个村落过去曾经是一个通往印度的茶马古道的中转站。
The village used to be a stop for old tea caravans traveling to India.
这些过去曾经是富人的房子；今天它们是普通人的疗养院。
Once these are the houses of the rich; today they are sanitaria for ordinary people.
他与阿难的住处，过去曾经是废弃的宫殿，如今是寂静的寺院。
He and Ananda are dwelling in an abandoned palace that is now a quiet monastery.
我在双层巴士上歇了一下脚，但是不忘在泰特现代美术馆下车，这座美术馆过去曾经是个发电厂。
I rested my feet on a double-decker bus ride for a while, but I made sure to hop off at the Tate Modern, an art museum that was once a power station.
林登·莱夫过去曾经是电脑软件业者，现在是“太阳城”公司的执行长，他说：“让我们看一看现今世界上存在的一些最大的问题，这些问题不是电脑软件所能解决的。”
Lyndon Rive used to be in the software business. Now he runs Solar City. "Looking at the world's biggest problems, software is not going to address it."
接着伦敦周末时报过去曾经是外国报道或者高端时尚的一个论坛板块开始自己刊登莱昂内尔施赖弗（LionelShriver）和本奥克里（BenOkri）的短片小说。
Then the London Sunday Times, usually a forum for bloody foreign reporting or high fashion, began commissioning short fiction of its own from such authors as Lionel Shriver and Ben Okri.
教堂文物博物馆耸立于附近，这栋建筑曾经是那些为此座教堂定制艺术品的人的办公室，今天它收藏了过去装饰教堂外观的雕像。
The building once housed the offices of the men who commissioned art for the cathedral. Today it contains sculptures that used to decorate the outside of the cathedral.
它曾经是世界最大的湖泊之一，在过去几十年里，它已经由一万六千平方英里缩小至不到一千平方英里，最终可能完全消失。
Once one of the world’s largestlakes, it has shrunk in the last few decades from about 16, 000 squaremiles to less than 1, 000, and may ultimately disappear entirely.
我们曾经是韩国最大的进口国，现在我们位居第四，在过去10年，我们在韩国进口中所占的份额下降了一半。
We used to be the top exporter to South Korea; now we are in fourth place and have seen our share of Korea's imports drop in half over the last decade.
兰斯•霍恩曾经是一位人力资源经理，目前他是TLNT.com上的一名作家。 霍恩指出：“在过去的几年里，企业界的学术休假比率相对来说保持了稳定。
The rate of sabbaticals in the business world has remained relatively steady in the last few years.
我曾经是一位无神论者，但过去一年让我比任何时候都信教。
I was an atheist but this last year has made me more spiritual than ever.
收集他们曾经是富人的一个爱好，但是过去50年中，得到作者完整的资料已经成为大学和图书馆地位的一个标志。
Collecting them was once a hobby for rich individuals, but over the past 50 years acquiring authors' complete archives has become a mark of status for universities and libraries.
过去的几年中，有些人在我的生活中，即使他们曾经是我的好朋友，但他们背叛或者并不尊重我们的友谊。
There had been someone in my life over the last few years who, although they had been a dear friend in the past, had betrayed and disrespected our friendship.
具讽刺意味的是，过去，当她表现出自己的弱点时，曾经是最受欢迎的时期。
Ironically, in the past, she has been the most popular when she shows her vulnerabilities.
过去经济飞速发展的时代，将商务旅行与家庭旅行或休闲活动结合起来曾经是一大热潮，然而现在这种做法急剧减少。
A hot trend in the revved-up economy of the past, combining business travel with family or leisure pursuits has fallen sharply.
现在你再也看不到这样的打字机了，但它曾经是世界上最流行的打字机。斯坦福德的一家公司过去就生产这种打字机。
You can't find a typewriter like this anymore, but it used to be the most popular typewriter in the world. And a Stamford company used to make it.
在过去，我的家乡曾经是一个美丽的地方。
我喜欢你，在过去，你曾经是我最爱的那个人。
I like you, in the past, you once was that person who I most love.
唯一十分简单的解决方案是将五大湖与密西西比河断开，这曾经是过去发生的事情了，今天的担忧是过去 110年前开凿的运河造成的，这条河对污水处理和货物运输十分重要。
The only foolproof solution is to separate the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River, as was once the case—today’s worry is caused by a 110-year-old canal, vital for sewage disposal and transport.
过去的三年曾经是玛尔塔合演生活多媒体帝国股份有限公司会议部的一员，将负责该公司出版、网络和广播活动事项。
Millard, who has been a member of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's board for the past three years, will oversee the company's publishing, Internet and broadcasting activities.
过去的三年曾经是玛尔塔合演生活多媒体帝国股份有限公司会议部的一员，将负责该公司出版、网络和广播活动事项。
Millard, who has been a member of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's board for the past three years, will oversee the company's publishing, Internet and broadcasting activities.
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