从前

We lose weight and routinely regain it; we vow to eat healthfully and almost always lapse.

我们减肥，然后体重又回到从前；发誓吃得健康，可总是中断。

Traumatically for the United States, China will fairly soon replace it as hegemon, not only in traditional areas of Chinese influence in East and South-East Asia, but across former Third and First Worlds alike.

让美国人感到痛苦的是，中国很快将取代它成为霸权，不仅在中国影响力辐射的传统区域如东亚和东南亚而且跨越从前的第一世界和第三世界。

Dearest Henrietta and Arabel let me be as ever and for ever

亲爱的亨里埃塔、阿拉贝尔，让我像从前一样，并永远是

There was a young herdsman who wanted very much to marry, and was acquainted with three sisters.

从前，有个牧羊人急於想娶个老婆。

Now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I

我从前说过，如今不在你们那里又说，正如我第二次见你们的时候所说的一样，就是对那犯罪的，和其馀的人说，我若再来必不宽容。

Heretofore that information has been passed from one living thing to another.

从前，这种信息只是从一个生命体传给另一个。

For Hetty looked out from her secret misery towards the possibility of their ever knowing what had happened, as the sick and weary prisoner might think of the possible pillory.

因为赫蒂处处留心，生怕被别人知道从前发生在自己身上的不幸，如同一个潦倒的囚犯害怕他身上的枷索会成为笑柄一样。

I am certain it is the hideout my ancestors used so long ago.

我肯定它是我的祖先那么从前使用的隐藏处。

Had I shared my hideout with my siblings, the police would have shackled me up long ago.

有我与我的兄弟姐妹分享了我的隐藏处，警察会桎梏我从前。

It is said that at one time a highwayman lived in the house.

据说从前某个时候，有个拦路强盗在这栋房子里住过。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。