I discovered that the library had formerly been a theater.

我发现这座图书馆以前是一家剧院。

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William Smith, formerly of Park Avenue, New York, now residing in Japan

威廉·史密斯，以前家在纽约公园大道，现居住在日本

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Formerly it lasted three days, but by the 1980s it more commonly lasted a day and a half.

以前，婚礼会持续三天，但是到了20世纪80年代，更常见的是持续一天半。

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It says tropical storms formerly claimed dozens, if not hundreds of lives, each year, in Cuba

世界气象组织称，以前在古巴，热带风暴每年就算不会造成数百人死亡，也会有几十人因此丧命。

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So the formerly small supper after sundown becomes the big meal of the day, the only one at which the family has a chance to get together.

所以以前日落后简单的晚餐变成了一天中的大餐，成了家庭成员唯一聚在一起的机会。

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North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic.

北美野半边莲,开蓝色小花,以前充入胶囊里作镇痉药.

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This new drug works wonders on formerly incurable diseases.

这种新药对以前的不治之症有特效.

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Independent is Europe's leading privately owned, full service talent agency, formerly known as ICM.

独立的,是欧洲领先的私人拥有的, 提供全面服务的人才机构, 以前称为研究院.

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Formerly he worked on a farm, but now he's a teacher.

以前他在农场工作, 但现在当教师.

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He formerly worked as a professor, but now he a physicist.

以前他是教授, 可是现在是个物理学家.

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I had not seen you formerly.

我以前没见过你.

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There never was such a dreary, dismal scene as the formerly cheerful house presented!

这所以前是很欢乐的房子从来没有呈现过这么一幅荒凉阴郁的景象.

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It was formerly called juvenile diabetes, but it can happen at any age.

以前该病被称做少年糖尿病, 但它可以发生在任何年龄段.

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He is formerly a salesman.

他以前是售货员.

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A person of high degree , captured by an enemy, was formerly held to ransom.

以前,地位高的人被敌方捕获后, 就被用来索取赎金.

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I began to dread Aunt Carrie's formerly most welcome visits.

我开始害怕我以前还欢迎的凯丽姨妈的来访了.

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A small glazed earthenware jar formerly used by druggists for medicaments.

陶罐一种上釉的小陶罐,以前由药剂师用来盛药物.

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That news appears in the advance online edition of BMJ, formerly called the British Medical Journal.

这一消息出版在BMJ在线杂志上, 以前称为英国医学杂志.

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A clear glaze is applied with spray gun – formerly by spray can and strong lungs.

喷釉则运用喷枪-以前是用超级肺活量使用釉壶狂吹.

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Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae.

澳大利亚鸟,以前归于伯劳科.

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Less people study Latin today than formerly.

现在学习拉丁语的人比以前少.

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He formerly worked for the government.

他以前为政府工作;他以前是公务员.

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Heilongjiang Province will experience a warmer climate than formerly, being closer to the new Equator.

由于更加靠近新赤道,黑龙江省将经历比以前更为温暖的气候.

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She was formerly a saleswoman.

她以前是位售货员.

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She sings wronger than formerly.

她唱得比以前差.

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A confection of sweetened paste, formerly made from the root of the marshmallow plant.

'蜀'.''葵糖剂一种糖剂, 以前由''.'药用'.''''.'蜀'.''葵的根部提取原料而制成.

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Formerly most of our household utensils were made of brass.

以前我们家庭用的器皿多数是用黄铜做的.

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