因此，他们中的许多人在获得执照之前都保留着以前的工作。

Therefore, many of them keep their previous jobs until they have obtained the license.

youdao

他以前的工作未让他感到受赏识和重视。

He was in a job where he felt unappreciated and undervalued.

《牛津词典》

你为什么要离开以前的工作呢？

I: Why did you leave your last position?

youdao

I used to... you know, I lived and worked out of Sloane Lab up on the hill and it was easy to have office hours before or after class but now you have to make a special trip.

我以前...,我以前的工作和住的地方都是斯隆实验室外的,小山上,那时的开放时间设在课前或课后对我来说都很方便,但是现在你们就得费点儿周折了

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I've had a previous past profession where I worked full-time.

我以前做一份全职的工作。

怡人的的汉普斯特德 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And the first crack was a movie that's so long that it used to be the janitors, the people who cleaned these-- the very nice people who cleaned these rooms used to call it a two six-pack movie because it was so long.

第一个漏洞是一部特别长的电影,以前那个楼管,打扫卫生的,给这些教师打扫卫生的优秀工作者,以前管它叫一打啤酒电影因为太长了

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