年前

• When we met here 4 years ago, america was bleak in spirit .
  四年前我们聚集此地时，美国在精神上显得很颓丧。
• Ten years ago this dress was considered the last word in elegance .
  十年前这种连衣裙还被认为是最高雅的呢。
• A certain number of years ago , this place was still a little fishing village .
  若干年前，这里还是一个小渔村。
• "until five years ago," said the policeman, "it was torn down then. "
  “五年前还有，”警察说，“后来被拆了。”
• They discussed how truman had passed his miracle a dozen years earlier .
  他们谈论十二年前杜鲁门是如何创造奇迹的。
• Three years earlier commander messervy had survived a similar accident .
  三年前梅寒斯中校在一次类似的事故中幸存下来。
• "chain talkers," someone had sourly called them thirty years before .
  三十年前有人刻薄地称他们为“废话连篇的空谈家。”
• Several years ago, in one of her brooding fits, she tried to kill herself .
  好几年前，她有一次忧郁症发作，曾经企图自杀。
• You'd better not wear such ties, because they went out three years ago .
  你最好不要打这些领带，因为它们三年前就不流行了。
• Our headquarters was deeded to us many years ago as part of a bequest .
  我们的总部是在许多年前作为一项遗产的一部分让给我们的。