过去是

He was the late president's alter ego and he is a close and influential friend of the president to be in office.

他过去是已故总统的化身，而现在是即将就职的总统亲密而有影响的朋友。

BHe was the late president's alter ego and he is a close and influential friend of the president to be in office.

他过去是已故总统的化身，而现在是即将就职的总统的亲密而有影响的朋友。

The "no-charge area," formerly a two-by-six foot box where an offensive foul is not called if contact is made with a secondary defensive player who has established a defensive position, will be expanded to the area consisting of a half circle with a four-foot radius measured from the middle of the goal.

翻译成中文就是这段：以篮筐为圆心，4英尺为半径的半圆区域之内，进攻球员撞击已确定防守位置的辅助防守球员将不被判进攻撞人犯规。这一区域过去是一个2x6英尺的矩形。所以我也一直有疑问到底no-charge area是上面时候出现的。还是上面这段文字的翻译我翻译错误了？

I mean, you used to be a bartender here.

我的意思是，你过去是这儿的酒吧男招待

As the nature of mass communication has changed and as information technology has evolved so too have the means, modes and subject matter of what used to be a much simpler subversive form of urban artistic expression.

由于大众传播的性质已发生变化，信息技术的发展也是如此的手段，方式和主题事项过去是一个非常简单的颠覆形式的城市艺术表达。

To me, the past is black and white, but the future is always color.

对我来说，过去是黑白的，但是未来都会是彩色的。

He used to be a history teacher, but now he is a businessman.

他过去是一位历史老师，但现在是一位商人。

Calypso was our enemy then, she will be our enemy now.

Calypso过去是我们的敌人现在也还将是我们的敌人

I ' ve been a bad,black-hearted man,but this woman,dead as she is,is more to me than you ever were,or are,or can be.

我一向是个黑了心的坏蛋，可是这个女人，这个死去的女人，对我来说比你更加重要，过去是，现在是，将来也是。

Not that get- not that getting the puck first is the be-all and end-all on a trip, I understand that, it used to be; it's not now...but that really surprises me.

没有，没有先拿到冰球是典型的绊人，我过去是这样理解的；现在不是。。。但这实在让我惊讶。

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。