Things ain't what they used to be.

现在情况不比从前了。

He used to be one of my professors.

他过去是我的一个教授。

Standards aren't what they used to be.

现在的行为标准和过去不一样了。

She used to be a singer of some renown.

她过去是个小有名气的歌手。

"He used to be so handsome."—"And now?"

“他过去曾经那么英俊。”—“那么现在呢？”

My car's not as reliable as it used to be.

我的车不像过去那样靠得住了。

Steel used to be important in South Wales.

以前钢铁工业在南威尔士很重要。

Physics used to be very much a male domain.

物理学曾在很大程度上是男人的领域。

Vandalism used to be a rare occurrence here.

过去这里很少发生故意破坏公物的事。

She used to be so fussy about her appearance.

她过去过分在意自己的外表。

He used to be a pilot but now he has a desk job.

他曾是飞行员，但现在做办公室工作。

She's always harking back to how things used to be.

她总是念叨以前的世道。

These skills used to be handed down from father to son.

这些技术以往都是父子相传。

The academy is far more inclusive now than it used to be.

该学院如今比过去更为兼收并蓄。

Cigarette smoking used to be more common among affluent people.

吸烟过去在富人中更为普遍。

She now has authority over the people who used to be her bosses.

她现在管辖着过去是她上司的那些人。

Politics used to be the perquisite of the property-owning classes.

政治曾经是有产阶级的特权。

In the old days this used to be done with a baggage train of camels.

在古时候，这常常由一队拉行李的骆驼来完成。

Trains are taking a lot of freight that used to be routed via trucks.

火车正在运送过去由卡车运送的大批货物。

There are far more opportunities for young people than there used to be.

现在年轻人的机会比过去多得多。

It used to be a private, exclusive club, and now it's open to all New Yorkers.

它曾是一家高档的私人俱乐部，而现在它对所有纽约人开放。

We want to recreate the romance and excitement that used to be part of rail journeys.

我们想重新营造过去乘火车旅行的那份浪漫新奇和刺激。

This grand building in the centre of town used to be the hub of the capital's social life.

这座位于城镇中央的宏伟建筑曾经是首都社交生活的中心。

I used to be all sweetness and light on the outside, but inside I would be boiling with rage.

我过去虽然表面上笑呵呵的，可是心里却怒火中烧。

A kid I used to be friends with turned against me after being told that I'd been insulting him.

一个与我曾经是朋友的年轻人在被告知我一直在污蔑他后就和我反目成仇了。

The job prospects for those graduating in engineering are far less rosy now than they used to be.

那些工科毕业生的就业前景远不如以往那么乐观。

Ramona spoke with warmth when she recollected the doctor who used to be at the community hospital.

当回忆起曾在社区医院工作的那位医生时，拉蒙纳话语中流露出温情。

She used to be weak in English.

她以前英语不好。

Lucy used to be really shy.

露西过去很害羞。