What was the point in living in the past, thinking about what had or had not happened?

活在过去有什么意义，思考已经发生的或者没有发生的事情？

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Despite what happened in the past I want her to know I am there for her.

尽管过去发生了一些事，我仍希望她知道我支持她。

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In your judgment, what has changed over the past few years?

依你看，过去几年里发生了哪些变化？

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So scientists are using robotic devices that can dive far below what people have seen in the past.

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I think it's much severe than what you have experienced in the past year or two for the general economic situation.

甚至比过去两年的经济形势,还要严峻。

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What do you think of the changes in New York over the past few years?

你怎么看待纽约过去几年的变化？

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But arguing over who did what in the past is beside the point.

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So he will reiterate that, and, Dan, will certainly take the opportunity to reiterate that what in the past has been something that members of both parties have worked on, that one party alone cannot solve this problem.

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It was evident that much of what Merkel has said in the past did not apply to what was conveyed in the decisions of this past weekend.

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