1·Students have played an important role in the past, but for the moment, they're on the margins.
学生们过去发挥了重要的作用,但现在,他们不再重要了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·In the past, the region had been protected by its forbidding geography and the extremities of its climate.
过去,这个地区受到令人生畏的地理条件和极端的天气状况的保护。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·I used to go there often in the past.
过去我常去那里。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·I'd interviewed him often in the past.
我过去经常采访他。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·In the past he dallied with actresses and lady novelists.
过去他与女演员们和女小说家们调情。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》