不久前

While Mars will be encouraging you to spend more, the full moon will ask you to suddenly pay the piper.

毫无疑问的，你想随心所欲地花钱，即使你不久前正在担心着这不景气的股票市场。

Until recently, the nine justices of the high court had been evenly divided between conservative and liberal ideologies, with Justice O'Connor representing the moderate "swing vote."

直到不久前，由九名大法官组成的最高法院中，保守派及自由派意识型态各占一半，欧康纳大法官则属於中间路线的「游离票」。

Scientists, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco, presented results from early studies testing the effects on the brain of flavanols, an ingredient found in cocoa.

在旧金山美国科学发展协会的年会上有学者发表演讲，提出了不久前进行的关于黄烷醇对大脑作用的研究结果。

Some time ago SARS, with assistance from the SIU, initiated a large-scale forensic investigation into significant losses relating to tax refunds. When it became clear that an organised crime syndicate was involved, the DSO was requested to investigate alleged fraud and money laundering as contemplated in the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, as well as contraventions of Section 104 of the Income Tax Act.

不久前，特派研究调查组织协助国家税务总局一起展开了一次规模巨大的与退税相关的大型调查活动，调查发现该组织团伙联合偷骗税款行为极为严重，于是要求南非特别专员理事会一起调查这起骗税和涉嫌洗黑钱的案件，他们称涉嫌的集团企业违反了《反组织犯罪法案》和《所得税法案》的第104条的规定。

A while ago, an ad hoc group of computer scientists and cryptographers contributed to a paper that recommended a key of at least 90 bits for symmetric algorithms used in commercial security.

不久前，计算机科学家和密码学家专门小组发表了一篇论文，建议用于商业安全的对称算法至少要用90位的钥匙。

For example, a dangerous landslide occurred on January 4, which blocked the Hunza River in the central Karakoram and probably involved destabilisation by changing moisture and temperature conditions in the slopes.

比如，就在不久前的1月4日发生的一场大滑坡，截断了喀喇昆仑中部浑札河的水流，其原因很可能就是坡地湿度和温度变化引起的松动。

Let me give an example. I do not know any foreign language, but have picked up the example "I have heard on the roads", given recently by cultural scholar Mr. Pei Yu, author of "Sister Lin Dai Yu in Shakespeare's Eyes." Mr. Pei said, Foreign (non-Chinese) translators are sincere and have high work ethics. However, due to conflicts and estrangements between Chinese and Western cultures, All English, German, and Russian translations of A Dream of the Red Mansions are far from satisfactory. Take translation of Sister Lin Dai Yu's name as an example.

我先说一个吧，我不懂任何外文，只能&道听途说&，想起来不久前的一个新闻，《莎士比亚眼里的林黛玉》作者、文化学者裴钰说，国外翻译者态度都是真诚的，不过，由于中西文化的冲突和隔阂，无论英译本、德译本，还是俄译本，都有很多不如意。

The Armani PR said that in China there are many stars who wear Armani clothes, but also, for example, recently Armani shop in Dalian, when invited to attend as guests of the Lin Chi-ling, while Gong Li also dressed in Armani Privé shine over Cannes.

这位阿玛尼公关说，在国内有许多明星曾穿阿玛尼服装，还举例说，在不久前阿玛尼在大连开店时，就邀请的林志玲作为嘉宾出席，而巩俐也曾身着Armani Privé闪耀过戛纳。

The Armani PR said that in China there are many stars who wear Armani clothes,but also,for example,recently Armani shop in Dalian,when invited to attend as guests of the Lin Chi-ling,while Gong Li also dressed in Armani Privéshine over Cannes.

这位阿玛尼公关说，在国内有许多明星曾穿阿玛尼装扮，还举例说，在不久前阿玛尼在大连开店时，就约请的林志玲作为贵客出席，而巩俐也曾身着Armani Privé闪耀过戛纳。

In English: Not long ago, Kate Moss has finally caught up with the trend of celebrity fragrances, with their brand name to launch a fragrance products, so there will be a Kate and two of her Velvet Hour perfume.

不久前，凯特·摩丝终于赶上了名人香水的潮流，以自己的大名为品牌推出了香水产品，于是就有了Kate和Velvet Hour两款她的香水。

The reasons of iron ions content overproof in grade Ⅱ desalting water system,such as variation water quality,contamination of regenerant , operation adjustment of pretreatment system and switching operation of bed were discussed.

对二级脱盐水系统中铁离子含量超标的原因，如来水水质发生波动、再生剂受到污染、预处理系统操作调整、床体运行切换等进行了论述。

You were hired to drum up new business, so go and do it.

公司雇你招徕新业务，你就做你的事好了。