The virus spread rapidly across the country, as the first case had been recorded three months earlier.

自3个月前出现了首个病例以来，该病毒在全国范围内迅速传播。

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6 months earlier…

六个月之前…

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A few months earlier, she would have considered it a waste of time.

几个月之前，她会把这些当做是浪费时间。

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There were no great surprises that night because the winners of the awards had been announced three months earlier.

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One of the most interesting questions we continuously ask ourselves at Accel over the last year and nine months, why didn't we see the Facebook earlier?

在过去的一年九个月里,我们Accel人常问自己一个有趣的问题，为什么我们没早点见到脸谱网呢？

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A few months earlier, the government of President George Washington had started a contest for the best design for the Capitol.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

January: The criteria for screening, altered after Lerner's staff meeting six months earlier, is modified again.

NPR: A Timeline Of The IRS's Scrutiny Of The Right

Was a controversy involving Britney Spears a few months earlier also an ethical lapse?

FORBES: Daytime Television

Two months earlier, Republicans had lost the Presidential election and eight seats in the House.

NEWYORKER: The House of Pain