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Once, that might have been a signal for a bit of quiet European gloating.

试译： 这在过去是会引发一些低调的欧洲式自夸。

She was a street girl and is now Hying at government's expense.

她过去是街头女孩，现在则由政府供养。

If you read him, you should understand him, because in the past he complimented you in order to get something that he needed, whereas now that you don't have powers, he doesn't have to intonate whatever hymns for you.

你读他时，千万要理解他。因为他过去是为了某种需要而赞美你，现在你没有那种功力了，也就没有必要再为你吟唱什么赞美诗了。

If you read him,凬 you should understand him,刃 because in the past he complimented you in order to get something that he needed,凼 whereas now that you don't have powers,凵 he doesn't have to intonate whatever hymns for you.

你读他时，刍千万要理解他。凞因为他过去是为了某种需要而赞美你，刚现在你没有那种功力了，刁也就没有必要再为你吟唱什么赞美诗了。

If you read him,凾 you should understand him,凴 because in the past he complimented you in order to get something that he needed,凇 whereas now that you don't have powers,刧 he doesn't have to intonate whatever hymns for you.

你读他时，凤千万要理解他。凤因为他过去是为了某种需要而赞美你，击现在你没有那种功力了，凲也就没有必要再为你吟唱什么赞美诗了。

Thus it can be seen that there was no value of individual existence in past, no other individual introject into community than individual could be approbated.

由此可见，个人在过去是毫无存在价值的，个人的感性生命只有完全融入到群体之中，才能真正得到认可。

On either side rocks, cliffs, tree-tops, and a steep slope: forward there, the length of the boat, a tamer descent, tree-clad, with hints of pink: and then the jungly flat of the island, dense green, but drawn at the end to a pink tail.

正前方，在船身的范围之内，地形下降的坡度稍稍缓和一些，绿树将土地覆盖。有的地方露出粉红色的岩石。再过去是岛上伸展开来的平坦而浓绿的丛林，最后以一块粉红色的岩石而告终。

He used to be an ag'ricul'ture w or 'ker.

他过去是农业工人。

I don't care what your stroy is .

我不管你的过去是怎样的。

He used to be quite a respectable and reliable person, nowadays he seems to have become just a lay about.

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。

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。