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If what they did in the past was legal and proper, why is it necessary to grant them retroactive immunity?

如果他们所做的，在过去是合法和正确的，为什么要给予他们追溯免疫力？

Like I said, it used to be an old schoolhouse.

就像我说过的这儿过去是所学校

Ned used to be a scuba diver and now he's gone to the other extreme and taken up hang gliding.

内德过去是一名深水潜水员，现在他已走到另一个极端，开始从事悬挂式滑行运动。

Canada and Australia used to be British colonies, now they are self-governing.

加拿大和澳洲过去是英国的殖民地，现在已自治了。

Shipbuilding used to be our... major industries .

造船过去是我们的主要工业。。。。

The teacher said that he used to be a shopkeeper.

老师说他过去是个店主。

When you use the word 'past', what does it signify?

因此你说的过去是什么意思？

Laying a solid foundation for learning will be of great lifelong benefit to you.

老头说："听人说，他爸爸过去是打鱼的，他以前八成跟咱们现在一样穷。"

His wife, who had been a soprano , still taught young children to play piano at low terms.

他的妻子过去是女高音，眼下做孩子们的钢琴教师，挣点菲薄的收入。

The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it.

过去是消失的，静止的，我们做什么都不能改变它。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。