我们曾经在一些本应轻易取胜的比赛中落选。

We have been beaten in some games which we should have won hands down.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

我们都曾经相信工作是成功的关键。

We all believed that work was the key to success.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

我们代表了曾经使这个国家伟大的仅存的品质–勤奋。

We represent the last vestige of what made this nation great – hard work.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Poor little Laura, my baby, to whom I had told everything about Dean, began almost to cry."Oh, we shouldn't let him go like this.What'll we do?"

可怜的小劳拉，我的宝贝，我曾经把狄恩的一切都告诉过她，这时她几乎要哭了：“噢，我们不能让他就这么走“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But it also kind of lose your identity because we used to have our own currency

但是也会有点失去自己的身份，因为我们曾经有自己的货币，

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The witch that came To wash the steps with pail and rag Was once the beauty Abishag, The picture pride of Hollywood.

向我们走来的女巫,提着水桶和抹布擦洗台阶,她曾经像亚比沙一样美，好莱坞里最值得骄傲的记忆。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选