It used to be said that English people take their pleasure sadly.
以前人们常说，英国人享乐时也郁郁寡欢。
It used to be said that English people take their pleasures sadly.
过去人们常说英国人悲观享乐。(实在是查不出来了，改换字典了)。
It used to be said in the United States that politics stopped at the water's edge.
美国人常说国内的政争到了国别界上就要停下来。
It used to be said that women must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good.
过去人们常说女人要花费相当于男人两倍的心血才能取得男人一半的成功。
It used to be said in Japan that an unmarried woman was like Christmas cake: no good after 25.
过去日本有这样的说法：待嫁的女人就像是圣诞蛋糕，过了“25”就不新鲜了。
It used to be said that God could create everything, except what was contrary to the laws of logic.
通常说，上帝能够创造一切，除了那些违反逻辑规律的东西。
AMONG the white tribes of Africa, it used to be said, the Rhodesians stood out for their ordinariness.
一般认为，在非洲的白人中，罗德西亚人最为平常。
It used to be said that an unhappy customer would tell 3 others about their poor experience; now they tell 3 million (with less effort).
以前说不满意的客人会将他们糟糕的体验告诉三个人，而现在他们会告诉三百万个。
"I was afraid to watch it, " she said. "I was listening to Lisa Ono with the volume up to the highest on the stereo that used to be here in the corner."
“我不敢看，”她说。“我当时在听小野丽莎的歌，把那个过去常放在这个角落里的立体声音响的音量开到最大。”
"It used to be known as the big four. Not any more, " said Barry.
“‘四巨头’这个称呼曾经被大家熟知，但不会再有了”巴里说道。
It would be some time before the cells could be used in patients, Wilmut said, because scientists have yet to find reliable ways of making different tissues from stem cells.
维尔·莫特最后说，这些干细胞用于治疗还将有一段时间，因为科学家们尚未找到将干细胞培育成不同人体组织的一个可靠方法。
The technology will be used to study ways to complement drivers' abilities. It also could have applications in farming, mining and construction, the researchers said.
研究人员说，这项技术会被用来研究如何帮助驾驶员进行驾驶。它也会在耕种，采矿和建筑方在有一些应用。
In addition to ground beef, he said, it could be used on lettuce and other vegetables.
除了碎牛肉，他说，他同样可以用于生菜或其他一些蔬菜。
“While definitely there are still people who do illegal things, it isn’t as pronounced as it used to be because the penalties are so stiff, ” Coleman said.
尽管确实还是有在做非法的事的人，但它却不再像它过去宣称的那样，因为处罚是如此的死板缺乏变通。
"Swearing always has to be used very tactfully, because it is a very intense communication," said study co-author Daniel Zimmerman, a staff psychiatrist at a hospital in New York.
“使用脏话需要有技巧，因为这是一种非常紧张激烈的沟通方式，”研究论文执笔者之一、纽约某医院精神病医生丹尼尔-奇莫曼说道。
A cancer charity said it would take years of research to see if the breath test could be used in the clinic.
一个癌症慈善机构说这种呼吸检测法能否应用于临床还需进行多年的研究。
Over a third of respondents said the economy is their main concern. It used to be traffic.
调查显示，超过三分之一的受访者表示他们最关心的问题的经济，而不是之前的交通。
The owner of the software used by the hacker or hackers to protect their identity said that he believed it would be possible to identify the culprit.
黑客为隐藏身份而使用了某软件，该软件的开发者表示，有希望查清这次犯罪行为。
"Teaching isn't as fun as it used to be," she said.
“教学没有以前那么有趣了。”她说道。
"The French accent is nowhere near as popular as it used to be," he said.
他说：“法国口音远不如原来那么受欢迎了。”
"It used to be booming, and now it's growing at a slower pace," he said.
“过去高速增长的脚步现在有所放慢，”他说。
Because it needs clean water to survive, the new bug is a crucial "index species" that could be used to gauge a river's health, NIBR's Min-Ha said.
因为它必须在干净的水源地生活，因此它可以被看作是检验水质标准的生物。
The geneticists behind the controversial technique said it could potentially be used to improve livestock breeds or preserve endangered species.
科学家表示此项科技可用于提高畜禽品种质量和保护濒危灭绝物种，而更具争议的是，它或许将使得“男性之间实现生儿育女”成为现实。
“We used to think that touch only served to intensify communicated emotions,” Dr. Hertenstein said. Now it turns out to be “a much more differentiated signaling system than we had imagined.”
Hertenstein博士说：“我们过去认为，身体接触只是用以加强交流情绪”，现在它变成了“一种比我们过去想象的更加不同的信号系统。”
“We used to think that touch only served to intensify communicated emotions,” Dr. Hertenstein said. Now it turns out to be “a much more differentiated signaling system than we had imagined.”
Hertenstein博士说：“我们过去认为，身体接触只是用以加强交流情绪”，现在它变成了“一种比我们过去想象的更加不同的信号系统。”
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