以前，曾经 meaning in English
at one time
Examples
- [ woife ] once upon a time , there was a famiiy . .
很久以前，曾经有一家人. . - Woife once upon a time , there was a famiiy
很久以前，曾经有一家人 - He had been a party secretary before the war and he understood such things
他在战争以前，曾经担任过党委书记， [他]当然知道怎么样处理这一类的事情。 - The austral system was divided into three petroliferous domains as australia ( india - australia )
它们在中生代以前，曾经和南极洲在一起，组成庞大的冈瓦纳大陆。 - Here they sat down on a luxuriant heap of moss ; which , at some epoch of the preceding century , had been a gigantic pine , with its roots and trunk in the darksome shade , and its head
她们这时在一堆繁茂的青苔上坐了下来，这地方在一百多年以前，曾经长过一棵巨松，树冠高耸入云，树根和树干遮在浓荫之中。