Retrospectively, it seems as if they probably were negligent.

回想起来，似乎他们可能是疏忽了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.

就好像科琳已经死了似的：他们当时在用过去时态谈起她。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Teachers must put the brakes on, as it were, when they notice students looking puzzled.

当老师发现学生神色茫然时，就应该在一定程度上放慢速度。

《牛津词典》

They were with their parents. As Faith Lapidus tells us, it was Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

They usually talk about it as the "lost decade," where Japanese banks were not liquidated but they were not really in business.

他们在谈论它的时候称之为“垮掉的十年“,在这十年里，日本银行并没有破产,但是他们也没有真正在做生意。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

They were religious as well, but it was a different kind of religion.

那也是种信仰嘛,只不过是种不太一样的信仰

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Of these almost as many chose their specialism because they were weak in it and wanted to improve as chose it because they were strong in it.

ECONOMIST: What they mean when they say

Sudan's government in Khartoum is insisting that they be turned over to the police, as it believes they were responsible for the violence in the camp.

ECONOMIST: Trouble in Sudan's Darfur region

This then is the Republican conundrum, they have never been serious about cutting the budget but they have been talking about it as if they were for 30 years.

FORBES: Memo To The President And GOP Leadership: STFU On Fiscal Cliff Negotiations!