曾zhòngyīngguànyòngduǎnyù:
  • adv.  tā mǎi nà liàng chē qián céng cǎo cǎo kàn liǎo yī xià .   Before buying the car he gave it the once-over
  • n.  tā men céng jīng yòu guò yī duàn 'ài mèi guān xì , dàn xiàn zài nà yǐ chéng wéi yáo yuǎn de guò qù liǎo .   They had an affair once, but that's ancient history now
  •   tā men zì jǐ jiù céng yòu guò xiāng sì de jīng lì .   They themselves had had a similar experience
  • prep.  tā zài jiǎng huà guò chéng zhōng céng tíng xià sān cì děng dài zhǎng shēng làxià .   He stopped for applause three times during his speech
  •   tā xiǎo xiǎo nián jì yǐ wéi zǔ mǔ sǐ liǎo shì yīn wéi tā céng jīng xiǎng guò ràng tā sǐ .   As a child he thought that his grandmother's death had happened because he had willed it
  • n.  tā nián qīng shí céng yòu guò chóng gāo de lǐ xiǎng , dàn jiàn jiàn dì tā de quán bù xī wàng dū pò miè liǎo .   He had high ideals in his youth but gradually the whole edifice crumbled
  • v.  tā céng zài dì qū de zōng hé zhōng xué shòu jiào yù .   He was educated at the local comprehensive school
  • n.  tā céng shì gè hóng gē xīng , dàn xiàn zài fēng huá yǐ qù .   He was a great singer once but now he's had his day
  • adj.  tā céng shì yōu xiù yǎn yuán , dàn xiàn zài zuì hóng shí qī yǐ guò .   He was a fine actor but he's a bit passe now
  • adj.  tā céng jīng guò zhù xié 'è de shēng huó .   He led a bad life
  • adj.  yǐ qián de , mǒu yī shí jiān , céng jīng shì … de , cóng qián de , xī rì de   sometime
  • adj.  sì céng lái guò zhè lǐ de qí guài gǎn jué   a peculiar feeling that one has been here before
  •   sì céng jīng lì , sì céng xiāng jiàn（ rèn wéi zì jǐ céng jīng lì guò huò jiàn guò mǒu shì wù de huàn jué）   feeling that one remembers an event or scene that one has not experienced or seen before
  •   nǐ gāng cái tí dào de shì , wǒ yòu yī zhǒng sì céng jīng lì guò de qí guài huàn jué .   I had an odd sense of deja vu just as you said that
  • adv.  nǐ céng xī wàng guò zì jǐ hěn fù má ?   Do you ever wish you were rich?
  • v.  nǐ céng tí dào xū yào yī bǐ 'é wài zī jīn . nǐ xiáng xì tán tán hǎo má ?   You mentioned the need for extra funding. Would you expand on that?