不久以前

But it is odd that not long ago, some people maintained appropriation in translation on the grounds that, due to "unintelligibility", the principle of "literal translation" would have to be abandoned.

这原是很浅显的一个道理，然而不久以前还有人因为"看不懂"而非难到"直译"这个原则，而主张"顺译"，这也就怪了。

A while back I wrote about anti-green economics - the insistence, by opponents of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, that the economic cost of cap-and-trade would be immense and unsupportable.

不久以前我写过关于"反绿色经济学"的问题-"减少温室气体排放政策"的反对者坚持"限额交易"的经济成本将是巨大，不可经受的。我曾引用罗伯特。

Voyages through space were unthought - of till recent times.

不久以前，说到太空旅游是不可思议的。

I recently discussed with an intelligent and well-disposed man the threat of another war, which in my opinion would seriously endanger the existence of mankind, and I remarked that only a supra-national organization would offer protection from that danger.

不久以前，我同一位有才智的并且是好脾气的客人讨论下一次战争的威胁。我认为如果发生下一次战争，人类将九死一生；因此我说："只有超国家的组织才能防止那种危险的发生。"

Brushlike suckers radiate from the body of a slug caterpillar resting on a leaf near Perus Manu River.

意译：不久以前，一条蛇的骨骼静静地卧在洪都拉斯的首都伯利兹城的洞穴里。

After all, it was not long ago that even the house of Wallenberg came perilously close to losing its bank.

毕竟瓦伦堡殿堂差一点失去它的银行还是不久以前的事情。

No longer slithering, a snake skeleton lies silent in Belize's Chiquibul Cave system.

意译：不久以前，一条蛇的骨骼静静地卧在洪都拉斯的首都伯利兹城的洞穴里。

Not long ago, as I was reading a bedtime story to my seven-year-old daughter, Annie, I became aware of her focused gaze. She was starring at me with a faraway, trancelike expression.

不久以前，我正在给七岁的女儿安妮读睡前故事的时候，忽然感觉到她目不转睛的凝视——她正以一种出神的、着迷的表情凝视着我。

From financialisation of the economy to the socialisation of finance.

新兴国家直到不久以前还愿意聆听建立西方式金融机构和市场的可取性，而如今这些西方机构和市场已经变成了一一倒塌的价值万亿美元的多米诺骨牌。

There was a time, not so long ago, when the slot in the Yankees batting order belonging to the first baseman carried should have been sponsored by Maalox. For so long this season, it was a sickening, calcifying, echoing black hole. This, of course, was unacceptable.

不久以前，洋基先发一垒手的打席看起来就像是得到Maalox赞助一般，在今年球季的大半时间中，这个打席看起来就像是个被各项伤痛困扰缠身的黑洞，而这样的情况在洋基球团眼中，当然是无法接受的。

If you are unfortunate enough to the lovelorn, please tell me, I will help you out, really, please contact me!

如果你不幸失恋了，请告诉我，我会帮助你摆脱困境，真的，请联系我啦！

China's plan to cut energy intensity by 20 percent and pollutant discharges by 10 percent between 2006 and 2010 is a case in point.

中国计划在2006年到2010间降低20%的能源强度和减少10%的主要污染物排放，就是一个这样的例子。