| 1. | Come back toward a worse or a previous state
回到更坏的或先前的状况。 |
| 2. | Her stomach trouble is much better than before ..
她的胃病比先前好多了。 |
| 3. | My garden wants your care, as before .
同先前一样，我的花园仍然需要你去照管。 |
| 4. | Her jaw became a trifle set .
好的牙关比先前咬得紧一些了。 |
| 5. | It was black, cold, and lifeless as before .
它还是先前一样黑暗，冷清，死气沉沉。 |
| 6. | The heat has grown less intense .
没有先前那样热了。 |
| 7. | I was at my father 's .
我先前在我父亲处。 |
| 8. | The letter threw light on the mentality of his former friend .
这封信透露了他先前的朋友的心理状态。 |
| 9. | The old man replied, and proceeded on his way as before .
老头儿还了礼，就仍旧象先前那样，自己往前走去了。 |
| 10. | The resources previously committed might have been committed in vain .
先前所投入的人力物力可能会付诸东流。 |
