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He used to be a great player, but recently he certainly has gone downhill.
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他过去是一位伟大的演奏家,但近来已下坡了。 |
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He used to be a hairdresser.
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他过去是个美容师。 |
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He used to be a literary agent.
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他曾是一位著作经纪人。 |
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He used to be a mail carrier.
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他曾是个邮递员。 |
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He used to be a millionnaire. But now he has become a bum.
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(例)他曾经是个百万富翁,不过现在已经变成个穷光蛋了。 |
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He used to be a timber merchant.
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他曾是一个木材商。 |
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He used to be our monitor.
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他以前当过我们的班长。 |
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He used to be painfully shy, but now he's started to blossom (out).
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他以前极腼腆,现在活泼起来了. |
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He used to be painfully shy, but now he's started to blossom (out).
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他以前极腼腆, 现在活泼起来了. |
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He used to be quite a respectable and reliable person, nowadays he seems to have become just a lay about.
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他过去是个完全可尊敬、可信赖的人,但现在他似乎已经完全成了一个游手好闲的人了。 |
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He used to be regarded as a genius by all of his classmates ,didn't he?
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他过去被他所有的同学视为一个天才,是吗? |