once upon a time meaning in English
(常用于故事开头)从前
(故事的开头)从前
从前，很久以前
从前，很早以前
从前从前…
过去一度
很久很久以前
毛虫风波
往事如烟
以前，很早以前
曾经，以前
Examples
- You forget that i was a medical student once upon a time .
你忘了我以前是个医科学生啦。 - Once upon a time , there lived an old man who had two beautiful daughters .
从前，有一个老人，他有两个美丽的女儿。 - Once upon a time there was a little girl who wanted to reach the stars in the sky .
从前，有个小姑娘，总想够到天上的星星。 - Once upon a time there was a poor widow who lived in a cottage with her only son jack .
从前，有个穷寡妇，与她的独生儿子杰克住在一所茅舍里。 - Nor was the long-drawn ordeal of the condemned cell inflicted either upon the condemned man or his gaolers once upon a time .
从前，死囚和看守都没有受到死牢的长期折磨。