| 1. | It is not long ago that they arrived in britain .
他们是不久以前到达英国的。 |
| 2. | There was once a time , and not so long ago either .
有一次，而且还是不久以前。 |
| 3. | The function of the thymus was unknown until relatively recently .
直到不久以前，人们对胸腺的功能尚不明了。 |
| 4. | A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around .
不久以前，方圆几英里的乡村都长满了大树。 |
| 5. | Until fairly recently, break was treated mainly with "plaster and time. "
直到不久以前，骨折一直是用“石膏和时间”治疗的。 |
| 6. | What a pretty pass for one to come to whose hopes had so recently run so high !
一个不久以前大有希望的人，遭到这样的事是何等尴尬呀！ |
| 7. | He looks out of the windows from which she looked out, not long ago, upon the weather that bored her to death .
他望着窗外，而不久以前，夫人也在这里望着窗外那使她烦得要死的天气。 |
| 8. | The americans, having recently helped britain drive france from north america, now persuaded france to help drive out britain .
美国人不久以前帮助了英国把法国赶出北美，现在又说服了法国来帮忙把英国赶走。 |
| 9. | The impetuous little lady played at love with these imaginary worthies, as a little while before she had played at maternity with her doll .
这个毛手毛脚的小女子充当了这些大人物的情人，就象不久以前她把洋娃娃当作自己的女儿一样。 |
| 10. | Wasn ' t long ago you couldn ' t get a word out of him
不久以前他一句话都说不完 |
