The past was past; whatever it had been it was no more at hand.
过去的毕竟过去了；无论事情过去怎样，眼前已经不存在了。
It had been her lifelong ambition.
这是她终身追求的目标。
那是一个寒冷潮湿的冬天。
It had been designed as a family house.
它已被设计成一幢适合全家人居住的房子。
It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.
分配给他这项任务是一个巨大的错误。
It must have been one hell of a party.
那肯定是一次很棒的聚会。
It has been a somewhat fraught day.
这是令人颇为担忧的一天。
It had been the cause of much emotional upset.
那便是使人情绪一落千丈的原因。
It has been a traumatic week, but they are over the hump.
这是痛苦的一周，但他们已度过最困难阶段。
It had been snowing all night.
整个晚上一直在下雪。
It had been raining hard all night.
大雨下了一整夜。
It has been a spectacularly successful year.
这是成绩辉煌的一年。
It had always been a happy place.
这里从前一直是个令人愉快的地方。
In her place I wouldn't have been able to resist it.
若处在她的位置上，我也会无法抵挡它的。
From here, it has been onward and upward all the way.
由此开始，它一直在发展、高升。
The extent of the rise might indicate that it had been overdone.
上涨的程度可能显示事情做得过头了。
I've been giving it some thought.
我一直在考虑这个问题。
It had been a hard life for her.
对她而言，那曾是一段艰难的日子。
It had been a long and tiring day.
那是漫长而又累人的一天。
It had been such a neat, clever plan.
这曾是一个如此简便易行的高明计划。
It would have been impolitic to refuse his offer.
当时若拒绝了他的好意当然是不明智的。
My kids have been brown-bagging it this week.
我几个孩子这个星期一直是自带午餐上学。
He's been promoted—would you credit it?
他被提升了，你相信吗？
It should have been a simple matter to check.
检查核对本来应该是件简单的事情。
Someone's been putting it about that you plan to resign.
有人传说你打算辞职。
All in all it had been a great success.
总的说来，那是个巨大的成功。
Even as a humanitarian mission it has been only a qualified success.
即使是一项人道主义任务，也只是局部成功。
It has been said that stress causes cancer.
据说压力会诱发癌症。
It had been a time of almost uncontrollable excitement.
那曾是个激动时刻，那激动几乎无法控制。
It has been demonstrated that this drug is effective.
这药已证实是有效的。
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