once formerly sometime ago
He once told an interviewer that he didn´t even like rock music.
他曾告诉一位采访者,他甚至都不喜欢摇滚乐。
—— 柯林斯例句I lived there once myself, before I got married.
我结婚前曾独自在那儿住过。
—— 柯林斯例句He has accused her of threatening to gouge his eyes out.
他指控她曾威胁要挖出他的眼睛。
—— 柯林斯例句The couple had helped in the hunt for the toddlers.
这对夫妇曾帮着搜寻那些幼童。
—— 柯林斯例句A hard-core group of right-wing senators had hoped to sway their colleagues.
一群骨干右翼参议员曾企图左右自己的同僚。
—— 柯林斯例句