以前

We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude of conduct, and well were We acquainted with him.

以前我确已把正直赏赐易卜拉欣，我原是深知他的。

What! were ye not wont to swear aforetime that ye should suffer no decline?

难道你们以前没有发誓说，你们绝不会灭亡吗？

Now our after-class activities are in full swing.

我们的生活比以前更丰富多彩了。

Do you think it's necessary for children to have after-school activities (= extra-curricular activities)?

现在学校里学生们做的活动跟以前有什么不同？

Hollywood has also benefited from growth in international markets that were once an afterthought.

好莱坞还得益于以前不被重视的海外市场的增长。

I was always aga inst it but maybe now we need it.

我以前一直反对这种提议，但是现在或许我们很需要它。

I watched, my mouth agape, captivated by a radiance in my parents I had never noticed before.

我目瞪口呆地看着他们，我为父母身上闪耀的、以前没有发觉的光辉而着迷。

As was always the case when he thought of her, he found himself marveling at her agelessness, marveling how she could have continued down through the years as lovely as she had been that long-ago morning when he had looked up, startled, and seen her standing timidly before his desk.

每当马克想起自己的妻子，他总会惊叹于她那似乎永远不老的脸庞，惊叹于他如何能在这么多年后依旧像多年以前的那个早上——马克第一眼见到她时那样可爱。

I lent it to him ages ago and it's quite a short book.

我很久以前就把书借给他了，而且书也很薄。

But that all seems ages ago now.

一切都是很久以前的事了

Breath, muscle contraction of the buttocks; arch body, as far as possible to hold his head, right leg straight towards the ceiling (peg-leg knee in order to avoid muscle tension).

呼气，收缩臀部肌肉；拱起身体，尽量抬起头来，右腿伸直朝向天花板（膝微屈，以避免肌肉紧张）。

The cost of moving grain food products was unchanged from May, but year over year are up 8%.

粮食产品的运输费用与5月份相比没有变化，但却比去年同期高8％。