过去是

Thus, Mr Nugent concludes,"we have always been an imperial nation, and remain so, but the shape of the American empire has shifted over time."

因此，钮金先生得出结论："美国过去是帝国，至今仍是，只不过美帝国的形态与时俱变罢了。"

BDIs are based on the assumption that the past is the best predictor of the future.

bdis是基于这样的假设，过去是最好的预测未来。

Many had written Raitt off when she teamed with producer Don Was and recorded Nick of Time; seemingly out of the blue, the LP won a handful of Grammys, including Album of the Year, and overnight she was a superstar.

许多人把书面雷特唐时，她与制片公司合作过去是，记录关键时刻，似乎出了蓝的，唱片获得了格莱美一些，包括年度最佳专辑，并在一夜之间她是超级明星。

Bishop Nicholas Ridley declared that the sacrifice of Christ 'was, is, and shall be forever the propitiation for the sins of the whole world.

主教尼古拉雷德利宣布，牺牲的基督过去是，现在是，并应永远和解的罪孽整个世界。

I used to be short ,but now I am tall.

我过去是矮的，但现在我是高的。

Steve Last is an environmental engineer who is also a Chartered Environmentalist, and lives in the county of Shropshire, UK.

史蒂夫过去是一个环境工程师的人，也是一个环保渣打工作和生活在县什罗普，英国。

You used to smoke a pipe,usen't you(or didn't you)?

你过去是抽烟斗的，是吗？

This was, and still is, the greatest stumbling block.

这个困难过去是，今天仍然是，最大的绊脚石。

I used to be a brown tadpole,but the global warming people convinced me to go green .

我过去是一只棕色的蝌蚪，人们确信是全球气候变暖致使我变成了绿色。

Built by seafarers where the Tagus River empties into theAtlantic Ocean, Lisbon was once Europe's wealthiest capital and thecenter of world exploration.

建筑者是一位航海家，那里塔霍河流入大西洋，而里斯本市过去是富人的首府和全世界探险中心。

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。